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Efficacy of the dual PI3K and mTOR inhibitor NVP-BEZ235 in combination with nilotinib against BCR-ABL-positive leukemia cells involves the ABL kinase domain mutation.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Feb 2014
Okabe Seiichi, Tauchi Tetsuzo, Tanaka Yuko, Kitahara Toshihiko, Kimura Shinya, Maekawa Taira, Ohyashiki Kazuma
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Imatinib, an ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), has shown clinical efficacy against chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, a substantial number of patients develop resistance to imatinib treatment due to the emergence of clones carrying mutations in the protein BCR-ABL. The phosphoinositide 3...
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