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Thalidomide promotes degradation of SALL4, a transcription factor implicated in Duane Radial Ray syndrome.
eLife - 1 Aug 2018
Donovan Katherine A, An Jian, Nowak Radosław P, Yuan Jingting C, Fink Emma C, Berry Bethany C, Ebert Benjamin L, Fischer Eric S
Abstract excerpt
In historical attempts to treat morning sickness, use of the drug thalidomide led to the birth of thousands of children with severe birth defects. Despite their teratogenicity, thalidomide and related IMiD drugs are now a mainstay of cancer treatment; however, the molecular basis underlying the pleiotropic biology and characteristic birth defects remains unknown. Here we show that IMiDs disrupt a broad...
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