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Resistance to c-KIT kinase inhibitors conferred by V654A mutation.
Molecular cancer therapeutics - 1 Mar 2007
Roberts Kathryn G, Odell Adam F, Byrnes Ellen M, Baleato Rosa M, Griffith Renate, Lyons Alan Bruce, Ashman Leonie K
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Certain mutations within c-KIT cause constitutive activation of the receptor and have been associated with several human malignancies. These include gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), mastocytosis, acute myelogenous leukemia, and germ cell tumors. The kinase inhibitor imatinib potently inhibits c-KIT and is approved for treatment of GIST. However, secondary point mutations can develop within the kinase...
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