Overview

Kinase fusion cell signaling pathways promote gene transcription, cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and survival. These pathways also play a role in cellular metabolic regulation. Kinase fusions are abnormal genome alterations in tumor cells that result from the aberrant rearrangement of translocation of two genes, one of which encodes a protein kinase. [1]

Figure 1. Kinase fusions activate downstream cell signaling pathways such as MAP kinase signaling, JAK/STAT signaling, and PI3K/AKT1/MTOR signaling. Ultimately, the activation of downstream cell signaling pathways promotes gene transcription, cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and survival.

Pathways upstream of kinase fusions pathway:

Biomarker-Directed Therapies

References

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