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Identification of a structurally novel BTK mutation that drives ibrutinib resistance in CLL.
Oncotarget - 18 Oct 2016
Sharma Shruti, Galanina Natalie, Guo Ailin, Lee Jimmy, Kadri Sabah, Van Slambrouck Charles, Long Bradley, Wang Weige, Ming Mei, Furtado Larissa V, Segal Jeremy P, Stock Wendy, Venkataraman Girish, Tang Wei-Jen, Lu Pin, Wang Yue Lynn
Abstract excerpt
Ibrutinib (ibr), a first-in-class Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, has demonstrated high response rates in both relapsed/refractory and treatment naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). However, about 25% of patients discontinue ibrutinib therapy at a median follow-up of 20 months and many patients discontinue the treatment due to leukemia progression or Richter transformation. Mutations affecting the...
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