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SUBMITTER: Bose P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3747003 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bose Prithviraj P Park Haeseong H Al-Khafaji Jawad J Grant Steven S
Leukemia research reports 20130101 1
Despite the remarkable success of imatinib against Bcr-Abl, development of secondary resistance, most often due to point mutations in the Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase (TK) domain, is quite common. Of these, the T315I "gatekeeper" mutation is resistant to all currently registered Bcr-Abl TK inhibitors (TKIs) with the notable exception of ponatinib (Iclusig™), which was very recently approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Besides ponatinib, numerous strategies have been devel ...[more]