Protein kinases as targets for anticancer agents: from inhibitors to useful drugs

D Fabbro, S Ruetz, E Buchdunger… - Pharmacology & …, 2002 - Elsevier
Many components of mitogenic signaling pathways in normal and neoplastic cells have
been identified, including the large family of protein kinases, which function as components …

BCR/ABL: from molecular mechanisms of leukemia induction to treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia

S Salesse, CM Verfaillie - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disorder resulting from the
clonal expansion of a transformed multipotent hematopoietic stem cell. CML is a biphasic …

Identification of NVP-TAE684, a potent, selective, and efficacious inhibitor of NPM-ALK

AV Galkin, JS Melnick, S Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Constitutive overexpression and activation of NPM-ALK fusion protein [t (2: 5)(p23; q35)] is a
key oncogenic event that drives the survival and proliferation of anaplastic large-cell …

Induction of apoptosis in chronic myelogenous leukemia cells through nuclear entrapment of BCR–ABL tyrosine kinase

P Vigneri, JYJ Wang - Nature medicine, 2001 - nature.com
The chimeric BCR–ABL oncoprotein is the molecular hallmark of chronic myelogenous
leukemia (CML). BCR–ABL contains nuclear import and export signals but it is localized …

Cytokine Signaling and Hematopoietic Homeostasis Are Disrupted in Lnk-deficient Mice

L Velazquez, AM Cheng, HE Fleming… - The Journal of …, 2002 - rupress.org
The adaptor protein Lnk, and the closely related proteins APS and SH2B, form a subfamily of
SH2 domain-containing proteins implicated in growth factor, cytokine, and immunoreceptor …

A randomized study of interferon-α versus interferon-α and low-dose arabinosyl cytosine in chronic myeloid leukemia

M Baccarani, G Rosti, A de Vivo… - Blood, The Journal …, 2002 - ashpublications.org
Interferon-α (IFN-α) has significantly prolonged survival in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML),
but some patients do not respond and many responses are not durable. To improve the …

Intensive chemotherapy followed by allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplantation for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) and acute myeloid …

T de Witte, S Suciu, G Verhoef, B Labar… - Blood, The Journal …, 2001 - ashpublications.org
This study investigated the feasibility of allogeneic (alloSCT) and autologous stem cell
transplantation (ASCT) as postconsolidation therapy for patients with myelodysplastic …

Synergistic activity of the new ABL-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI571 and chemotherapeutic drugs on BCR-ABL-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia cells

J Topaly, WJ Zeller, S Fruehauf - Leukemia, 2001 - nature.com
The ABL-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI571 (formerly CGP57148B) induced
cytogenetic remissions in 33% of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients in a phase I …

Selective pyrrolo-pyrimidine inhibitors reveal a necessary role for Src family kinases in Bcr–Abl signal transduction and oncogenesis

MB Wilson, SJ Schreiner, HJ Choi, J Kamens… - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is defined by the presence of the Philadelphia (Ph)
chromosome, which results in the expression of the 210 kDa Bcr–Abl tyrosine kinase. Bcr …

BCR-ABL Induces the Expression of Skp2 through the PI3K Pathway to Promote p27Kip1 Degradation and Proliferation of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Cells

EJ Andreu, E Lledó, E Poch, C Ivorra, MP Albero… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is characterized by the expression of the BCR-ABL
tyrosine kinase, which results in increased cell proliferation and inhibition of apoptosis. In …