Past, present, and future of Bcr-Abl inhibitors: from chemical development to clinical efficacy

Abstract Bcr-Abl inhibitors paved the way of targeted therapy epoch. Imatinib was the first tyrosine kinase inhibitor to be discovered with high specificity for Bcr-Abl protein resulting from t(9, 22)-derived Philadelphia chromosome. Although the specific targeting of that oncoprotein, several Bcr-A...

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Main Authors: Federico Rossari, Filippo Minutolo, Enrico Orciuolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Hematology & Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13045-018-0624-2