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The antitumor activity of homoharringtonine against human mast cells harboring the KIT D816V mutation.
Molecular cancer therapeutics - 1 Jan 2010
Jin Yanli, Lu Zhongzheng, Cao Kaiyuan, Zhu Yunhui, Chen Qi, Zhu Feng, Qian Chenchen, Pan Jingxuan
Abstract excerpt
Gain-of-function mutations of the receptor tyrosine kinase KIT play a critical role in the pathogenesis of systemic mastocytosis (SM) and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. The various juxtamembrane type of KIT mutations, including V560G, are found in 60% to 70% of patients with gastrointestinal st...
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