Published in Blood Weekly, December 13th, 2007
SB1317 is designed to selectively inhibit major signalling pathways involving Flt3 and CDK, which impact disease progression in acute leukemias. Flt3 mutations are the most frequent genetic alterations reported in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients and are associated with a poor prognosis. In addition, over-expression of wild type Flt3 has been found in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients. Cyclin-dependent kinases or CDKs play important roles in...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2007-12-13)
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