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AbstractOncogenic fusions in TRK family receptor tyrosine kinases have been identified in several cancers and can serve as therapeutic targets. We identified ETV6–NTRK3, MYO5A–NTRK3 and MYH9–NTRK3 fusions in Spitz tumours, and demonstrated that NTRK3 fusions constitutively activate the mitogen‐activated protein kinase, phosphoinositide 3‐kinase and phospholipase Cγ1 pathways in melanocytes. This signalling was inhibited by DS‐6051a, a small‐molecule inhibitor of NTRK1/2/3 and ROS1. NTRK3 fusions expand the range of oncogenic kinase fusions in melanocytic neoplasms and offer targets for a small subset of melanomas for which no targeted options currently exist. Copyright © 2016 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Published
Oct 19, 2016
Vol/Issue
240(3)
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282-290
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National Institutes of Health Award: P01 CA025874
Melanoma Research Alliance
Dermatology Foundation
Daiichi-Sankyo
Melanoma Research Foundation
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Iwei Yeh, Meng Kian Tee, Thomas Botton, et al. (2016). NTRK3 kinase fusions in Spitz tumours. The Journal of Pathology, 240(3), 282-290. https://doi.org/10.1002/path.4775
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