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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
The double-stranded RNA-dependent kinase PKR has been described for many years as strictly a pro-apoptotic kinase. Recent data suggest that the main purpose of this kinase is damage control and repair following stress and, if all else fails, apoptosis. Aberrant activation of PKR has been reported in numerous neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. Although a subset of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia contain low levels of PKR expression and activity, elevated PKR activity and/or expression have been detected in a wide range of hematologic malignancies, from bone marrow failure disorders to acute leukemia. With the recent findings that cancers containing elevated PKR activity are highly sensitive to PKR inhibition, we explore the role of PKR in hematologic malignancies, signal transduction pathways affected by PKR, and how PKR may contribute to leukemic transformation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1097-4652
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
223
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
572-91
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
A role for PKR in hematologic malignancies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Human Anatomical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't