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Small-molecule inhibitors reveal multiple strategies for Hedgehog pathway blockade.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 Aug 2009
Hyman Joel M, Firestone Ari J, Heine Vivi M, Zhao Yun, Ocasio Cory A, Han Kyuho, Sun Mark, Rack Paul G, Sinha Surajit, Wu Jason J, Solow-Cordero David E, Jiang Jin, Rowitch David H, Chen James K
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Inappropriate activation of the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway has been implicated in a diverse spectrum of cancers, and its pharmacological blockade has emerged as an anti-tumor strategy. While nearly all known Hh pathway antagonists target the transmembrane protein Smoothened (Smo), small mole...
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