Induction of autophagy by Imatinib sequesters Bcr‐Abl in autophagosomes and down‐regulates Bcr‐Abl protein

BM Elzinga, MJ Nyhan, LC Crowley… - American journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a disease of hematopoietic stem cells which harbor the
chimeric gene Bcr‐Abl. Expression levels of this constitutively active tyrosine kinase are …

Autophagy induction by Bcr‐Abl‐expressing cells facilitates their recovery from a targeted or nontargeted treatment

LC Crowley, BM Elzinga, GC O'Sullivan… - American journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Although Imatinib has transformed the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), it is not
curative due to the persistence of resistant cells that can regenerate the disease. We have …

BCR-ABL suppresses autophagy through ATF5-mediated regulation of mTOR transcription

Z Sheng, L Ma, JE Sun, LJ Zhu… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
The oncoprotein BCR-ABL transforms myeloid progenitor cells and is responsible for the
development of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In transformed cells, BCR-ABL suppresses …

Targeting autophagy potentiates tyrosine kinase inhibitor–induced cell death in Philadelphia chromosome–positive cells, including primary CML stem cells

C Bellodi, MR Lidonnici, A Hamilton… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Imatinib mesylate (IM), a potent inhibitor of the BCR/ABL tyrosine kinase, has become
standard first-line therapy for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), but the …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphorylation of BECLIN-1 by BCR-ABL suppresses autophagy in chronic myeloid leukemia

C Yu, SP Gorantla, A Müller-Rudorf, TA Müller… - …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Autophagy is a genetically regulated process of adaptation to metabolic stress and was
recently shown to be involved in the treatment response of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) …

Kill one bird with two stones: potential efficacy of BCR-ABL and autophagy inhibition in CML

GV Helgason, M Karvela… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
The introduction of imatinib in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) represents
the most successful example of targeted therapy in human cancer. However, leukemic stem …

Imatinib induces autophagy through BECLIN‐1 and ATG5 genes in chronic myeloid leukemia cells

G Can, HA Ekiz, Y Baran - Hematology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Imatinib is a chemotherapeutic drug used for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia
(CML). Recent data showed imatinib‐induced cell death in various types of cancers …

Pharmacological agents with inherent anti-autophagic activity improve the cytotoxicity of imatinib

LC Crowley, TR O'Donovan, MJ Nyhan… - Oncology …, 2013 - spandidos-publications.com
Resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) remains a limitation to the treatment of chronic
myeloid leukaemia (CML), due in part, to the induction of autophagy. We examined whether …

The core autophagy protein ATG4B is a potential biomarker and therapeutic target in CML stem/progenitor cells

K Rothe, H Lin, KBL Lin, A Leung… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
Previous studies demonstrated that imatinib mesylate (IM) induces autophagy in chronic
myeloid leukemia (CML) and that this process is critical to cell survival upon therapy …

The anticancer drug imatinib induces cellular autophagy

A Ertmer, V Huber, S Gilch, T Yoshimori, V Erfle… - Leukemia, 2007 - nature.com
The tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib (Gleevec, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation;
Basel, Switzerland) is a powerful drug for treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) …