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TKI sensitivity patterns of novel kinase-domain mutations suggest therapeutic opportunities for patients with resistant ALK+ tumors.
Oncotarget - 26 Apr 2016
Amin Amit Dipak, Li Lingxiao, Rajan Soumya S, Gokhale Vijay, Groysman Matthew J, Pongtornpipat Praechompoo, Tapia Edgar O, Wang Mengdie, Schatz Jonathan H
Abstract excerpt
The anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) protein drives tumorigenesis in subsets of several tumors through chromosomal rearrangements that express and activate its C-terminal kinase domain. In addition, germline predisposition alleles and acquired mutations are found in the full-length protein in the pediatric tumor neuroblastoma. ALK-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have become important new drugs for...
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