FLT3 and acute myeloid leukemia: The tumor-suppressive role of ceramide-induced mitophagy is also evident from the study in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), where FLT3-ITD (mutant Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3–internal tandem duplication) signaling downregulated the CerS1/C18-ceramide which confers its resistance to cell death [249].