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SUBMITTER: Aalipour A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4444436 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aalipour Amin A Advani Ranjana H RH
British journal of haematology 20130924 4
Constitutive or aberrant signalling of the B cell receptor signalling cascade has been implicated in the propagation and maintenance of a variety of B cell malignancies. Small molecule inhibitors of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), a protein early in this cascade and specifically expressed in B cells, have emerged as a new class of targeted agents. There are several BTK inhibitors, including ONO-WG-307, LFM-A13, dasatinib, CC-292, and PCI-32765 (ibrutinib), in preclinical and/or clinical developmen ...[more]