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Mcl-1 as a therapeutic target in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
1 Jan 2013
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The B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) family of proteins regulates the intrinsic, or mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis, the final common mechanism of cell death in response to a variety of physiologic and pharmacologic signals, and plays a central role in AML pathogenesis, prognosis and responsiveness to chemotherapy. Traditionally thought to be an important survival factor for multiple myeloma cells, the anti-apoptotic...
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