PAK Kinase Inhibition Has Therapeutic Activity in Novel Preclinical Models of Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma.
Elaine Y ChungYun MaiUrvi A ShahYongqiang WeiElise IshidaKeisuke KataokaXiaoxin RenKith PradhanBoris A BartholdyXiaolei WeiYiyu ZouJinghang ZhangSeishi OgawaUlrich SteidlXingxing ZangAmit VermaMurali JanakiramB Hilda YePublished in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2019)
PAK2, a gene frequently amplified in ATLL, facilitates CADM1-mediated stromal interaction and promotes survival of ATLL cells. Taken together, PAK inhibition may hold significant promise as a targeted therapy for aggressive ATLLs.