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Pharmacologic Inhibition of MNKs in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 Aug 2015
Teo Theodosia, Lam Frankie, Yu Mingfeng, Yang Yuchao, Basnet Sunita K C, Albrecht Hugo, Sykes Matthew J, Wang Shudong
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The Ras/Raf/MAPK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways are key signaling cascades involved in the regulation of cell proliferation and survival, and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of several types of cancers, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The oncogenic activity of eIF4E driven by the Mnk kinases is a convergent determinant of the two cascades, suggesting that targeting the Mnk/eIF4E axis may provide...
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