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Sole BCR-ABL inhibition is insufficient to eliminate all myeloproliferative disorder cell populations.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 14 Dec 2004
Wong S, McLaughlin J, Cheng D, Zhang C, Shokat K M, Witte O N
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Protein kinase inhibitors can be effective in treating selected cancers, but most suppress several kinases. Imatinib mesylate has been useful in the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia and B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia through the inhibition of BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase activity. Imatinib mesylate has also been shown to inhibit KIT, ARG, and platelet-derived growth...
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