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Farnesyl transferase inhibitors enhance death receptor signals and induce apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Dec 2003
Beaupre Darrin M, McCafferty-Grad Jennifer, Bahlis Nizar J, Boise Lawrence H, Lichtenheld Mathias G
Abstract excerpt
Multiple myeloma is an incurable plasma cell malignancy in which Ras may be constitutively active either via interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor signaling or by mutation. Inactivation of Ras may be achieved with farnesyl transferase (FTase) inhibitors a class of drugs which have shown promise in clinical trials particularly in patients with acute leukemia. This report investigates the efficacy of two distinct classes...
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