SETting OP449 into the PP2A-activating drug family.

Neviani, Paolo; Perrotti, Danilo · Clin Cancer Res · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) tumor suppressor is inactivated in different leukemias through the activity of its endogenous inhibitors (e.g., SET), which are aberrantly regulated by oncogenic tyrosine kinases. Like other effective and nontoxic PP2A-activating drugs (PAD), OP449 inhibits SET and impairs leukemogenesis. This further supports the immediate use of PADs in patients with leukemia.

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