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SUBMITTER: Lompardia S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662747 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lompardía Silvina S Díaz Mariángeles M Pibuel Matías M Papademetrio Daniela D Poodts Daniela D Mihalez Cintia C Álvarez Élida É Hajos Silvia S
Scientific reports 20190729 1
Hyaluronan (HA) is the main glycosaminoglycan of the extracellular matrix. CD44 is the most important HA receptor, and both have been associated with poor prognosis in cancer. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is characterized by the presence of a constitutively activated tyrosine kinase (Breakpoint Cluster Region - Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog1, BCR-ABL). It is mainly treated with BCR-ABL inhibitors, such as imatinib. However, the selection of resistant cells leads to treatment f ...[more]