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CaMKII γ, a critical regulator of CML stem/progenitor cells, is a target of the natural product berbamine.
Blood - 6 Dec 2012
Gu Ying, Chen Ting, Meng Zhipeng, Gan Yichao, Xu Xiaohua, Lou Guiyu, Li Hongzhi, Gan Xiaoxian, Zhou Hong, Tang Jinfen, Xu Genbo, Huang Liansheng, Zhang Xiaohong, Fang Yongming, Wang Kai, Zheng Shu, Huang Wendong, Xu Rongzhen
Abstract excerpt
Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been a remarkable success for the treatment of Ph(+) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, a significant proportion of patients treated with TKIs develop resistance because of leukemia stem cells (LSCs) and T315I mutant Bcr-Abl. Here we describe the unknown activity of the natural product berbamine that efficiently eradicates LSCs and T315I mutant Bcr-Abl clones....
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