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Identification of Ki23819, a highly potent inhibitor of kinase activity of mutant FLT3 receptor tyrosine kinase.
Leukemia - 1 Jun 2005
Komeno Y, Kurokawa M, Imai Y, Takeshita M, Matsumura T, Kubo K, Yoshino T, Nishiyama U, Kuwaki T, Kubo K, Osawa T, Ogawa S, Chiba S, Miwa A, Hirai H
Abstract excerpt
Constitutively active internal tandem duplication (ITD) in the juxtamembrane domain of Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), a type III receptor tyrosine kinase, is the most common molecular defect associated with acute myeloid leukemia. Its presence confers a poor outcome in patients with acute myeloid leukemia who receive conventional chemotherapy. FLT3-ITD has therefore been considered to be an attractive...
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