Combining the ABL1 Kinase Inhibitor Ponatinib and the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Vorinostat: A Potential Treatment for BCR-ABL-Positive Leukemia

Resistance to imatinib (GleevecĀ®) in cancer cells is frequently because of acquired point mutations in the kinase domain of BCR-ABL. Ponatinib, also known as AP24534, is an oral multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), and it has been investigated in a pivotal phase 2 clinical trial. The hist...

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Main Authors: Okabe, Seiichi, Tauchi, Tetsuzo, Kimura, Shinya, Maekawa, Taira, Kitahara, Toshihiko, Tanaka, Yoko, Ohyashiki, Kazuma
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938434/