Ezatiostat hydrochloride for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 725-733

  Mahadevan, Daruka ^a   Sutton, Gregory Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ezatiostat (Telentra (R) TLK199); Glutathione analogs and derivatives; Glutathione S transferase pi antagonists and inhibitors; Jun N terminal kinase inhibitor; Myelodysplasia

Indexed keywords

EZATIOSTAT; LENALIDOMIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GAMMA-GLU-S-BZCYS-PHGLY DIETHYL ESTER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE PAIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84927661903     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: 17447658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2015.1021003     Document Type: Article

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