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Mast cell disease associated with acute myeloid leukemia: detection of a new c-kit mutation Asp816His.
American journal of hematology - 1 Dec 2000
Pullarkat V A, Pullarkat S T, Calverley D C, Brynes R K
Abstract excerpt
Mast cell disease (MCD), a proliferation of mast cells (MC), is occasionally associated with hematologic malignancies. Neoplastic MC have activating c-kit mutations. c-kit is a receptor tyrosine kinase required for the development, proliferation, and survival of MC. Interaction of c-kit with its ligand stem cell factor induces dimerization, receptor phosphorylation, and signal transduction. The most common c-kit...
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