BCR/ABL1
Tyrosine kinase overexpression.
Pathology
BCR-ABL fusion gene in B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia by t(9;22)(q34;q11)
References
Hughes T, Deininger M, Hochhaus A, et al. Monitoring CML patients responding to treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors: review and recommendations for harmonizing current methodology for detecting BCR-ABL transcripts and kinase domain mutations and for expressing results. Blood 2006;108:28-37. PMID: #16522812#
Reviews
Schiffer CA. BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors for chronic myelogenous leukemia. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 19;357(3):258-65. PMID: #17634461#
Weisberg E, Manley PW, Cowan-Jacob SW, Hochhaus A, Griffin JD. Second generation inhibitors of BCR-ABL for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia. Nat Rev Cancer. 2007 May;7(5):345-56. PMID: #17457302#
O’hare T, Corbin AS, Druker BJ. Targeted CML therapy: controlling drug resistance, seeking cure. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2006 Feb;16(1):92-9. PMID: #16343892#
Giles FJ, Cortes JE, Kantarjian HM. Targeting the Kinase Activity of the BCR-ABL Fusion Protein in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Curr Mol Med. 2005 Nov;5(7):615-23. PMID: #16305488#
Ren R. Mechanisms of BCR-ABL in the pathogenesis of chronic myelogenous leukaemia. Nat Rev Cancer. 2005 Mar;5(3):172-83. PMID: #15719031#
Slupianek, A.; Schmutte, C.; Tombline, G.; Nieborowska-Skorska, M.; Hoser, G.; Nowicki, M. O.; Pierce, A. J.; Fishel, R.; Skorski, T. : BCR/ABL regulates mammalian RecA homologs, resulting in drug resistance. Molec. Cell 8: 795-806, 2001. PubMed ID : #11684015#
References
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Gorre ME, Mohammed M, Ellwood K, et al. Clinical resistance to STI-571 cancer therapy caused by BCR-ABL gene mutation or amplification. Science 2001;293:876-880.
Kantarjian H, Giles F, Wunderle L, et al. Nilotinib in imatinib-resistant CML and Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL. N Engl J Med 2006;354:2542-2551.
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