"All Our Wisdom is Stored in the Trees" - Degrading BCR-ABL with <i>Berberis Vulgaris</i>.

Elf, Shannon Elisabeth · Clin Cancer Res · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Treating BCR-ABL-positive chronic myeloid leukemia remains impeded by the development of clinical resistance to imatinib. It has been demonstrated that berberine, a plant alkaloid, has activity against imatinib-resistant BCR-ABL mutants by inducing autophagic degradation of BCR-ABL, thereby preventing the acquisition of drug-resistant mutations.<i>See related article by Yin et al., p. 4040</i>.

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