ALK, ALK receptor tyrosine kinase, 238

N. diseases: 519; N. variants: 41
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Our work sheds light on the controversial role of different isoforms of NUMB in tumorigenesis and provides mechanistic insight into ALK regulation. 30726988 2019
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Altogether, we report for the first time that the expression of the human ALK-F1174L mutation in NCCs during embryonic development profoundly disturbs early sympathetic progenitor differentiation, in addition to increasing their proliferation, both mechanisms being potential crucial events in NB oncogenesis. 31058082 2019
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE A kinome-wide screen using a NanoLuc LATS luminescent biosensor identifies ALK as a novel regulator of the Hippo pathway in tumorigenesis and immune evasion. 31431076 2019
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE To determine the oncogenic potential of increased ALK activity in thyroid carcinogenesis <i>in vivo</i>, we studied mice with thyrocyte-specific expression of a constitutively active ALK mutant. 31526103 2019
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Since most cases are in children under the age of 2, understanding the role and regulation of ALK during neural crest development is an important goal in addressing neuroblastoma tumorigenesis. 30803032 2019
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The Transcriptional Roles of ALK Fusion Proteins in Tumorigenesis. 31366041 2019
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Moreover, identification of ALK-mediated molecular pathway(s) related to GBM carcinogenesis/ pathology and putative therapy resistance is of high priority and warrants further exploitation. 29336268 2018
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE ALK is rearranged in approximately 80% of systemic ALCL cases with one of its partner genes, most commonly <i>NPM1</i>, and is associated with favorable prognosis, whereas systemic ALK# ALCL shows heterogeneous clinical, phenotypical, and genetic features, underlining the different oncogenesis between these two entities. 29617304 2018
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene activation is involved in the carcinogenesis process of several human cancers such as anaplastic large cell lymphoma, lung cancer, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors and neuroblastoma, as a consequence of fusion with other oncogenes (NPM, EML4, TIM, etc) or gene amplification, mutation or protein overexpression. 29455642 2018
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE In our study, ALK rearrangements are uncommon in both CBN and DPN, making ALK an unlikely driver in tumorigenesis and classification of these melanocytic variants. 29923908 2018
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Aristaless-like homeobox 4 (ALK4) is a member of ALK proteins family and plays an important role in tumorigenesis. 29278854 2018
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (<i>ALK</i>) gene rearrangements have been identified in lung cancer at 3-7% frequency, thus representing an important subset of genetic lesions that drive oncogenesis in this disease. 29189709 2017
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Dysregulation of miRNA expression and regulation has been shown to affect several signaling pathways in ALK carcinogenesis and control tumor growth, both in cell lines and mouse models. 28771164 2017
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE These include epidermal growth factor receptor mutations and anaplastic lymphoma kinase translocations, which are responsible for both carcinogenesis and cancer growth and survival. 27461605 2017
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Recently, the deregulated expression of full-length ALK has been observed in some primary solid tumors, but little is known about its involvement in the tumorigenesis of uterine carcinosarcomas (UCSs). 28193280 2017
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Our results show that WASp is a novel substrate of ALK and has a critical role in regulating invasiveness and oncogenesis of ALCL. 27694894 2017
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE A subset of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors (5%) harbors an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) translocation that drives tumorigenesis. 28979145 2017
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Moreover, a high level of ALK protein has been associated with metastatic NB cases and with a worse prognosis, suggesting that also ALK overexpression is involved in NB tumorigenesis. 28915608 2017
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) has been implicated in the tumorigenesis of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). 29067644 2017
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE This review summarizes the current understanding of ALK-driven cancers from the oncogenesis and mutation frequency by The Cancer Genome Atlas database through the diagnostic approach, to an updated portrait of available tyrosine kinase inhibitors, considering their effectiveness in cancer treatment, the molecular reasons of therapeutic failure, and the actual and future ways to overcome resistances. 28112990 2017
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Molecular evidence and therapeutic effectiveness of FDA-approved ALK inhibitors indicated that EML4-ALK is a driving factor of lung tumorigenesis. 27132509 2016
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The discovery of activating kinase domain mutations of the full-length ALK receptor as the major cause of hereditary neuroblastoma, and that somatically acquired mutations and amplification events often drive the malignant process in a subset of sporadic tumors, has established ALK as a tractable molecular target across histologically diverse tumors in which ALK is a critical mediator of oncogenesis. 26503946 2016
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Aberrant expression of ROS1, ALK or c-MET (RAM) is implicated in carcinogenesis and cancer drug resistance. 27136744 2016
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE SKP2 inhibition supports a function for SKP2 in the maintained neuroblast proliferation downstream of MYCN/ALK, which may represent an early step toward tumorigenesis. 27707976 2016
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.100 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) protein drives tumorigenesis in subsets of several tumors through chromosomal rearrangements that express and activate its C-terminal kinase domain. 27009859 2016