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The KIT and PDGFRA switch-control inhibitor DCC-2618 blocks growth and survival of multiple neoplastic cell types in advanced mastocytosis.
Haematologica - 1 May 2018
Schneeweiss Mathias, Peter Barbara, Bibi Siham, Eisenwort Gregor, Smiljkovic Dubravka, Blatt Katharina, Jawhar Mohamad, Berger Daniela, Stefanzl Gabriele, Herndlhofer Susanne, Greiner Georg, Hoermann Gregor, Hadzijusufovic Emir, Gleixner Karoline V, Bettelheim Peter, Geissler Klaus, Sperr Wolfgang R, Reiter Andreas, Arock Michel, Valent Peter
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Systemic mastocytosis is a complex disease defined by abnormal growth and accumulation of neoplastic mast cells in various organs. Most patients exhibit a D816V-mutated variant of KIT, which confers resistance against imatinib. Clinical problems in systemic mastocytosis arise from mediator-related symptoms and/or organ destruction caused by malignant expansion of neoplastic mast cells and/or other myeloid cells...
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