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SUBMITTER: Sachindra
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5746373 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sachindra Larribère Lionel L Novak Daniel D Wu Huizi H Hüser Laura L Granados Karol K Orouji Elias E Utikal Jochen J
Oncotarget 20171127 66
Adaptive resistance to targeted therapy such as BRAF inhibitors represents in melanoma a major drawback to this otherwise powerful treatment. Some of the underlying molecular mechanisms have recently been described: hyperactivation of the BRAF-MAPK pathway, of the AKT pathway, of the TGFβ/EGFR/PDGFRB pathway, or the low MITF/AXL ratio. Nevertheless, the phenomenon of early resistance is still not clearly understood. In this report, we show that knockdown of neural crest-associated gene <i>ID3</i ...[more]