Fig. 1.
Activation of an RTK induces dimerization and downstream phosphorylation of non-receptor tyrosine kinases. Major signaling cascades include the RAS/RAF/MAPK pathway, MEK pathway, and the PI3kinase/AKT pathway.
(Adapted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature Reviews Cancer, Zhu & Parada, Nature Reviews Cancer, 2002, 2: 616–626, copyright 2002.)