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Role of the AKT kinase in expansion of multiple myeloma clones: effects on cytokine-dependent proliferative and survival responses.
Oncogene - 21 Feb 2002
Hsu Jung-hsin, Shi Yijiang, Hu Liping, Fisher Myrna, Franke Thomas F, Lichtenstein Alan
Abstract excerpt
IL-6 is an established growth factor for multiple myeloma tumor cells, stimulating proliferative and survival responses. Recent work indicates that IL-6 can activate the AKT kinase in myeloma cells. Thus, to test a potential role for AKT in IL-6-induced cellular responses, we transfected myeloma cell lines with an active 'E40K' or dominant negative'PH AKT construct using an adenoviral vector. Transfection of the...
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