Emergence of crenolanib for FLT3-mutant AML

Blood. 2013 Nov 21;122(22):3547-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-10-528992.

Abstract

In this issue of Blood, Zimmerman and colleagues demonstrate that the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) crenolanib effectively suppresses growth of leukemic cells harboring both FLT3-ITD and FLT3-TKD mutations, the latter of which are increasingly seen to emerge as resistant mutations after FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) inhibitor therapy.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Benzimidazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / enzymology*
  • Male
  • Piperidines / therapeutic use*
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 / genetics*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Benzimidazoles
  • Piperidines
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • FLT3 protein, human
  • fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3
  • crenolanib