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Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase: role in specific tumours, and development of small molecule inhibitors for cancer therapy.
Cancer letters - 28 Dec 2010
Ardini E, Magnaghi P, Orsini P, Galvani A, Menichincheri M
Abstract excerpt
The Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) is a receptor tyrosine kinase first identified as the product of a gene rearrangement in Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. ALK has subsequently been found to be rearranged, mutated, or amplified in a further series of tumours including neuroblastoma, and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. There is strong preclinical evidence that ALK is a driving force for oncogenesis in these cases,...
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