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Extracellular KIT receptor mutants, commonly found in core binding factor AML, are constitutively active and respond to imatinib mesylate.
Blood - 1 Dec 2005
Cammenga Jörg, Horn Stefan, Bergholz Ulla, Sommer Gunhild, Besmer Peter, Fiedler Walter, Stocking Carol
Abstract excerpt
Multiple genetic alterations are required to induce acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Mutations in the extracellular domain of the KIT receptor are almost exclusively found in patients with AML carrying translocations or inversions affecting members of the core binding factor (CBF) gene family and correlate with a high risk of relapse. We demonstrate that these complex insertion and deletion mutations lead to...
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