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Ubiquitin pathway proteins influence the mechanism of action of the novel immunosuppressive drug FTY720 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Jul 2003
Welsch Carole A, Hagiwara Shinji, Goetschy Jean Francois, Movva N Rao
Abstract excerpt
FTY720 is an immunosuppressive drug in clinical development for transplant graft protection in humans. This agent is of particular interest because, unlike currently available regimes, it acts to sequester lymphocytes without causing cytotoxicity or blocking differentiation and growth potential. In an effort to elucidate the mechanism of action of FTY720, and identify its downstream effectors, we have screened...
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