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Targeting aurora kinases as therapy in multiple myeloma.
Blood - 1 May 2007
Shi Yijiang, Reiman Tony, Li Weiqun, Maxwell Christopher A, Sen Subrata, Pilarski Linda, Daniels Tracy R, Penichet Manuel L, Feldman Rick, Lichtenstein Alan
Abstract excerpt
The aurora kinases facilitate transit from G2 through cytokinesis and, thus, are targets in cancer therapy. Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignancy characterized by genetic instability, suggesting a disruption of checkpoints that arrest cells at G2M when injury to the mitotic machinery occurs. Since deficient checkpoints would prevent cell cycle arrest and may render cells susceptible to apoptosis in mitosis and...
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