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Rational drug redesign to overcome drug resistance in cancer therapy: imatinib moving target.
Cancer research - 1 May 2007
Fernández Ariel, Sanguino Angela, Peng Zhenghong, Crespo Alejandro, Ozturk Eylem, Zhang Xi, Wang Shimei, Bornmann William, Lopez-Berestein Gabriel
Abstract excerpt
Protein kinases are central targets for drug-based cancer treatment. To avoid functional impairment, the cell develops mechanisms of drug resistance, primarily based on adaptive mutations. Redesigning a drug to target a drug-resistant mutant kinase constitutes a therapeutic challenge. We approach the problem by redesigning the anticancer drug imatinib guided by local changes in interfacial de-wetting propensities...
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