Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor mutations in myeloid malignancy

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 4 MAY, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Liongue, Clifford ^a   Ward, Alister Curtis ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aml; Cnl; Csf3r; G csf; G csfr; Mds; Scn

Indexed keywords

1 CYCLOPROPYL 3 [3 (5 MORPHOLINOMETHYL 1H BENZIMIDAZOL 2 YL) 1H PYRAZOL 4 YL] UREA; 1 CYCLOPROPYL 3 [3 (5 MORPHOLINOMETHYL 1H BENZIMIDAZOL 2 YL) 1H PYRAZOL 4 YL]UREA; BAFETINIB; BINIMETINIB; BUPARLISIB; CHIR 265; DASATINIB; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL KINASE; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 2; N (2, 3 DIHYDROXYPROPOXY) 3, 4 DIFLUORO 2 (2 FLUORO 4 IODOANILINO) BENZAMIDE; N (2,3 DIHYDROXYPROPOXY) 3,4 DIFLUORO 2 (2 FLUORO 4 IODOANILINO)BENZAMIDE; NSC 87877; PACRITINIB; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE; PICTILISIB; PILARALISIB; PROTEIN KINASE LYN; PROTEIN KINASE SYK; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP 1; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP 2; RUXOLITINIB; SCH 772984; SELUMETINIB; SORAFENIB; STAT PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; THROMBOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKEMIA; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; MYELOPOIESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEVERE CONGENITAL NEUTROPENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION;

EID: 84904704303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00093     Document Type: Review

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