Circumvention of Mcl-1-dependent drug resistance by simultaneous Chk1 and MEK1/2 inhibition in human multiple myeloma cells.

The anti-apoptotic protein Mcl-1 plays a major role in multiple myeloma (MM) cell survival as well as bortezomib- and microenvironmental forms of drug resistance in this disease. Consequently, there is a critical need for strategies capable of targeting Mcl-1-dependent drug resistance in MM. The pre...

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Main Authors: Xin-Yan Pei, Yun Dai, Jessica Felthousen, Shuang Chen, Yukie Takabatake, Liang Zhou, Leena E Youssefian, Michael W Sanderson, Wesley W Bodie, Lora B Kramer, Robert Z Orlowski, Steven Grant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3942309?pdf=render