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Imatinib inhibits various types of activating mutant kit found in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
International journal of cancer - 20 May 2003
Chen Hui, Isozaki Koji, Kinoshita Kazuo, Ohashi Akiko, Shinomura Yasuhisa, Matsuzawa Yuji, Kitamura Yukihiko, Hirota Seiichi
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of proto-oncogene c-KIT in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are considered to cause a constitutive activation of KIT responsible for their oncogenesis. Imatinib has therapeutic potential for GISTs because of its inhibitory effect on KIT kinase activity. To investigate the effect of Imatinib on various c-KIT mutations found in GISTs, we examined kinase activity of KIT, cell proliferation and...
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