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@ARTICLE{Cheng:126257,
author = {P. Cheng and E. Phillips$^*$ and S.-H. Kim and D. Taylor
and T. Hielscher$^*$ and L. Puccio$^*$ and A. B. Hjelmeland
and P. Lichter$^*$ and I. Nakano and V. Goidts$^*$},
title = {{K}inome-wide sh{RNA} screen identifies the receptor
tyrosine kinase {AXL} as a key regulator for mesenchymal
glioblastoma stem-like cells.},
journal = {Stem cell reports},
volume = {4},
number = {5},
issn = {2213-6711},
address = {Maryland Heights, MO},
publisher = {Cell Press},
reportid = {DKFZ-2017-02372},
pages = {899 - 913},
year = {2015},
abstract = {Glioblastoma is a highly lethal cancer for which novel
therapeutics are urgently needed. Two distinct subtypes of
glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSCs) were recently
identified: mesenchymal (MES) and proneural (PN). To
identify mechanisms to target the more aggressive MES GSCs,
we combined transcriptomic expression analysis and
kinome-wide short hairpin RNA screening of MES and PN GSCs.
In comparison to PN GSCs, we found significant upregulation
and phosphorylation of the receptor tyrosine kinase AXL in
MES GSCs. Knockdown of AXL significantly decreased MES GSC
self-renewal capacity in vitro and inhibited the growth of
glioblastoma patient-derived xenografts. Moreover,
inhibition of AXL with shRNA or pharmacologic inhibitors
also increased cell death significantly more in MES GSCs.
Clinically, AXL expression was elevated in the MES GBM
subtype and significantly correlated with poor prognosis in
multiple cancers. In conclusion, we identified AXL as a
potential molecular target for novel approaches to treat
glioblastoma and other solid cancers.},
keywords = {Antigens, CD44 (NLM Chemicals) / Proto-Oncogene Proteins
(NLM Chemicals) / RNA, Small Interfering (NLM Chemicals) /
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases (NLM Chemicals) / axl
receptor tyrosine kinase (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {B060 / C060 / B067},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)B060-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)C060-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)B067-20160331},
pnm = {312 - Functional and structural genomics (POF3-312)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-312},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:25921812},
pmc = {pmc:PMC4437464},
doi = {10.1016/j.stemcr.2015.03.005},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/126257},
}