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Effects of imatinib vary with the types of KIT-mutation in gastrointestinal stromal tumor cell lines.
Oncology reports - 1 Sept 2005
Noma Kazuhiro, Naomoto Yoshio, Gunduz Mehmet, Matsuoka Junji, Yamatsuji Tomoki, Shirakawa Yasuhiro, Nobuhisa Tetsuji, Okawa Takaomi, Takaoka Munenori, Tomono Yasuko, Hiroyuki Ohmori, Gunduz Esra, Tanaka Noriaki
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. However, no study has been...
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