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Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase as a Therapeutic Target in Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Neuroblastoma
1 Mar 2010
Abstract excerpt
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), a receptor tyrosine kinase in the insulin receptor superfamily, was originally identified as the oncogenic NPM (nucleophosmin)-ALK fusion protein due to a t (2;5) chromosomal translocation in anaplastic large cell lymphomas. Many other chromosomal rearrangements or gene mutations/amplification leading to enhanced ALK activity have subsequently been identified and characterized in...
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