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Protein kinase inhibitor responses in uveal melanoma reflects a diminished dependency on PKC-MAPK signaling.
Cancer gene therapy - 1 Oct 2022
Park John J, Stewart Ashleigh, Irvine Mal, Pedersen Bernadette, Ming Zizhen, Carlino Matteo S, Diefenbach Russell J, Rizos Helen
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Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare cancer arising from melanocytes in the uveal tract of the eye. Despite effective primary treatment, there is no approved therapy for metastatic UM and prognosis and survival remain poor. Over 90% of UM are driven by mutations affecting the Gα subunits encoded by the GNAQ and GNA11 genes. These mutations activate downstream and targetable signaling pathways, including the protein...
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