In vitro inhibitory effects of imatinib mesylate on stromal cells and hematopoietic progenitors from bone marrow
Imatinib mesylate (IM) is used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) because it selectively inhibits tyrosine kinase, which is a hallmark of CML oncogenesis. Recent studies have shown that IM inhibits the growth of several non-malignant hematopoietic and fibroblast cells from bone m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2013-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013000100039&lng=en&tlng=en |