Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Confers Resistance to BRAF Kinase Inhibitors in Melanoma

Summary: Melanoma frequently harbors oncogenic mutations in the BRAF gene, which drives melanoma growth. Therefore, BRAF kinase inhibitors (BRAFi) are developed and approved for treating BRAF-mutant melanoma. However, the efficacy of BRAFi is limited due to acquired resistance, and in over 40% of me...

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Main Authors: Radoslav Janostiak, Parmanand Malvi, Narendra Wajapeyee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900421930183X