Complex roles of discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinases in cancer
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2021-02-25T00:00:00
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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Discoidin domain receptors, DDR1 and DDR2 are members of the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) family that serves as a non-integrin collagen receptor and were initially identified as critical regulators of embryonic development and cellular homeostasis. In recent years, numerous studies have focused on the role of these receptors in disease development, in particular, cancer where they have been reported to augment ECM remodeling, invasion, drug resistance to facilitate tumor progression and metastasis. Interestingly, accumulating evidence also suggests that DDRs promote apoptosis and suppress tumor progression in various human cancers due to which their functions in cancer remain ill-defined and presents a case of an interesting therapeutic target. The present review has discussed the role of DDRs in tumorigenesis and the metastasis. � 2021, Federaci�n de Sociedades Espa�olas de Oncolog�a (FESEO).
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Cancer cell signalling, Collagen, Discoidin domain receptor, Invasion, Metastasis, Receptor tyrosine kinase