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Decreased sensitivity of 17p-deleted chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells to a small molecule BCL-2 antagonist ABT-737.
Cancer - 15 Feb 2012
Kojima Kensuke, Duvvuri Seshagiri, Ruvolo Vivian, Samaniego Felipe, Younes Anas, Andreeff Michael
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Despite the high complete response rates achieved with fludarabine-based regimens, relapse is inevitable in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Relapsed patients often acquire deletions of the short arm of chromosome 17 (del[17p]), which are closely associated with tumor protein 53 (TP53) mutations. Wild-type p53 up-regulates and activates B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2 (BCL-2)-associated X protein (BAX), and...
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