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Sorafenib induces apoptosis specifically in cells expressing BCR/ABL by inhibiting its kinase activity to activate the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway.
Cancer research - 1 May 2009
Kurosu Tetsuya, Ohki Manabu, Wu Nan, Kagechika Hiroyuki, Miura Osamu
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Although the BCR/ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib is highly effective for treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia and Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia, relapse with emerging imatinib resistance mutations in the BCR/ABL kinase domain poses a significant p...
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