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TEC (Tyrosine-protein kinase Tec) is a protein kinase, an enzyme that switches other proteins on by adding phosphate groups. The public catalogues list it as a drug target and an oncogene driver, and an approved or late-stage drug is recorded against it. Tied to Oesophageal cancer and Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Non-receptor tyrosine kinase that contributes to signalling from many receptors and participates as a signal transducer in multiple downstream pathways, including regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. Plays a redundant role to ITK in regulation of the adaptive immune response. Regulates the development, function and differentiation of conventional T-cells and nonconventional NKT-cells. Required for TCR-dependent IL2 gene induction. Phosphorylates DOK1, one CD28-specific substrate, and contributes to CD28-signalling. Mediates signals that negatively regulate IL2RA expression induced by TCR cross-linking. Location: Cytoplasm; Cell membrane; Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton (UniProt). Locus 4p12-p11 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Oesophageal cancer: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (ESCC)
  • Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (ESCC)
Class: kinase · Gene: TEC · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"TEC" OR ABSTRACT:"TEC" OR TITLE:"tec protein tyrosine kinase" OR ABSTRACT:"tec protein tyrosine kinase" OR TITLE:"Tyrosine-protein kinase Tec" OR ABSTRACT:"Tyrosine-protein kinase Tec" OR TITLE:"PSCTK4" OR ABSTRACT:"PSCTK4") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about TEC, not a curated reading list.

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