TEK tyrosine kinase
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Function
[edit | edit source]The TEK receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed almost exclusively in endothelial cells in mice, rats, and humans. (TEK is closely related to the TIE receptor tyrosine kinase.)[3]
This receptor possesses a unique extracellular domain containing 2 immunoglobulin-like loops separated by 3 epidermal growth factor-like repeats that are connected to 3 fibronectin type III-like repeats.[4] The ligand for the receptor is angiopoietin-1.[3] TEK has also been suggested as a marker for nucleus pulposus progenitor cells, from the intervertebral disc, which upon activation by Angiopoietin-1 starts to multiply and differentiate.[5][6]
Defects in TEK are associated with inherited venous malformations; the TEK signaling pathway appears to be critical for endothelial cell-smooth muscle cell communication in venous morphogenesis.[3]
In cancer patients, TEK (Tie2) is expressed in a subpopulation of monocytes that home in on the tumor and are essential for the formation of new blood vessels there.[7]
Interactions
[edit | edit source]TEK tyrosine kinase has been shown to interact with:
See also
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Further reading
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External links
[edit | edit source]- GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on Multiple Cutaneous and Mucosal Venous Malformations
- Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q02763 (Angiopoietin-1 receptor) at the PDBe-KB.
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.
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