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EGFR-TKI resistance due to BIM polymorphism can be circumvented in combination with HDAC inhibition.
Cancer research - 15 Apr 2013
Nakagawa Takayuki, Takeuchi Shinji, Yamada Tadaaki, Ebi Hiromichi, Sano Takako, Nanjo Shigeki, Ishikawa Daisuke, Sato Mitsuo, Hasegawa Yoshinori, Sekido Yoshitaka, Yano Seiji
Abstract excerpt
BIM (BCL2L11) is a BH3-only proapoptotic member of the Bcl-2 protein family. BIM upregulation is required for apoptosis induction by EGF receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKI) in EGFR-mutant forms of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Notably, a BIM deletion polymorphism occurs naturally in 12.9% of East Asian individuals, impairing the generation of the proapoptotic isoform required for the...
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