Role of the IL-2 inducible tyrosine kinase ITK and its inhibitors in disease pathogenesis

Abstract ITK (IL-2-inducible tyrosine kinase) belongs to the Tec family kinases and is mainly expressed in T cells. It is involved in TCR signalling events driving processes like T cell development as well as Th2, Th9 and Th17 responses thereby controlling the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Studies have shown that ITK is involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases as well as in carcinogenesis. The loss of ITK or its activity either by mutation or by the use of inhibitors led to a beneficial outcome in experimental models of asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis among others. In humans, biallelic mutations in the ITK gene locus result in a monogenetic disorder leading to T cell dysfunction; in consequence, mainly EBV infections can lead to severe immune dysregulation evident by lymphoproliferation, lymphoma and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Furthermore, patients who suffer from angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma have been found to express significantly more ITK. These findings put ITK in the strong focus as a target for drug development..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:98

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Journal of molecular medicine - 98(2020), 10 vom: 18. Aug., Seite 1385-1395

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lechner, Kristina S. [VerfasserIn]
Neurath, Markus F. [VerfasserIn]
Weigmann, Benno [VerfasserIn]

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42.13$jMolekularbiologie

44.47$jPathologie$XMedizin

44.48$jMedizinische Genetik

Themen:

Autoimmune diseases
Cancer
ITK
Inhibitor

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

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© The Author(s) 2020

doi:

10.1007/s00109-020-01958-z

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OLC2119703264