Ethacrynic acid exhibits selective toxicity to chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells by inhibition of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway.

BACKGROUND:Aberrant activation of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling promotes the development of several cancers. It has been demonstrated that the Wnt signaling pathway is activated in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells, and that uncontrolled Wnt/beta-catenin signaling may contribute to the defect in...

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Main Authors: Desheng Lu, Jerry X Liu, Tomoyuki Endo, Haowen Zhou, Shiyin Yao, Karl Willert, Ingo G H Schmidt-Wolf, Thomas J Kipps, Dennis A Carson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2789382?pdf=render