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Novel ALK inhibitor AZD3463 inhibits neuroblastoma growth by overcoming crizotinib resistance and inducing apoptosis.
Scientific reports - 20 Jan 2016
Wang Yongfeng, Wang Long, Guan Shan, Cao Wenming, Wang Hao, Chen Zhenghu, Zhao Yanling, Yu Yang, Zhang Huiyuan, Pang Jonathan C, Huang Sophia L, Akiyama Yo, Yang Yifan, Sun Wenjing, Xu Xin, Shi Yan, Zhang Hong, Kim Eugene S, Muscal Jodi A, Lu Fengmin, Yang Jianhua
Abstract excerpt
ALK receptor tyrosine kinase has been shown to be a therapeutic target in neuroblastoma. Germline ALK activating mutations are responsible for the majority of hereditary neuroblastoma and somatic ALK activating mutations are also frequently observed in sporadic cases of advanced NB. Crizotinib, a first-line therapy in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring ALK rearrangements,...
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