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Demonstration of a genetic therapeutic index for tumors expressing oncogenic BRAF by the kinase inhibitor SB-590885.
Cancer research - 1 Dec 2006
King Alastair J, Patrick Denis R, Batorsky Roberta S, Ho Maureen L, Do Hieu T, Zhang Shu Yun, Kumar Rakesh, Rusnak David W, Takle Andrew K, Wilson David M, Hugger Erin, Wang Lifu, Karreth Florian, Lougheed Julie C, Lee Jae, Chau David, Stout Thomas J, May Earl W, Rominger Cynthia M, Schaber Michael D, Luo Lusong, Lakdawala Ami S, Adams Jerry L, Contractor Rooja G, Smalley Keiran S M, Herlyn Meenhard, Morrissey Michael M, Tuveson David A, Huang Pearl S
Abstract excerpt
Oncogenic BRAF alleles are both necessary and sufficient for cellular transformation, suggesting that chemical inhibition of the activated mutant protein kinase may reverse the tumor phenotype. Here, we report the characterization of SB-590885, a novel triarylimidazole that selectively inhibits Raf kinases with more potency towards B-Raf than c-Raf. Crystallographic analysis revealed that SB-590885 stabilizes the...
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