PMID- 32748747 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211122 LR - 20211122 IS - 1873-5576 (Electronic) IS - 1568-0096 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 10 DP - 2020 TI - Advances in Regulating Tumorigenicity and Metastasis of Cancer Through TrkB Signaling. PG - 779-788 LID - 10.2174/1568009620999200730183631 [doi] AB - The clinical pathology of various human malignancies is supported by tropomyosin receptor kinase (Trk) B TrkB which is a specific binding receptor of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). TrkB and TrkB fusion proteins have been observed to be over-expressed in many cancer patients. Moreover, these proteins have been observed in multiple types of cells. A few signaling pathways can be modulated by the abnormal activation of the BDNF/TrkB pathway. These signaling pathways include PI3K/Akt pathway, transactivation of EGFR, phospholipase C-gamma (PLCgamma) pathway, Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway, Jak/STAT pathway, and nuclear factor kappalight- chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-kB) pathway. The BDNF/TrkB pathway, when overexpressed in tumors, is correlated with reduced clinical prognosis and short survival time of patients. Targeting the BDNF/TrkB pathway and the use of Trk inhibitors, such as entrectinib, larotrectinib, etc. are promising methods for targeted therapy of tumors. The present review provides an overview of the role of the TrkB pathway in the pathogenesis of cancer and its value as a potential therapeutic target. CI - Copyright(c) Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net. FAU - Zou, Wujun AU - Zou W AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China. FAU - Hu, Xiaoyan AU - Hu X AD - Department of Pathogenic Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China. FAU - Jiang, Liang AU - Jiang L AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - Netherlands TA - Curr Cancer Drug Targets JT - Current cancer drug targets JID - 101094211 RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (tropomyosin-related kinase-B, human) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - *Molecular Targeted Therapy MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Neoplasms/drug therapy/metabolism/*pathology MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/therapeutic use MH - Receptor, trkB/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction OTO - NOTNLM OT - TrkB OT - somatic mutation OT - targeted therapies OT - trkB fusion OT - trkB inhibitor OT - tumorigenicity EDAT- 2020/08/05 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/23 06:00 CRDT- 2020/08/05 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/05 06:00 [entrez] AID - CCDT-EPUB-108739 [pii] AID - 10.2174/1568009620999200730183631 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Cancer Drug Targets. 2020;20(10):779-788. doi: 10.2174/1568009620999200730183631.