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Functional role of alternatively spliced deoxycytidine kinase in sensitivity to cytarabine of acute myeloid leukemic cells
15 Feb 2002
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Development of resistance to cytarabine (AraC) is a major problem in the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Inactivation of deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) plays an important role in AraC resistance in vitro. We have identified inactive, alternatively spliced dCK forms in leukemic blasts from patients with resistant AML. Because these dCK-spliced variants were only detectable in resistant AML, it...
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