Gene expression profile of Baf3 cells conditionally expressing BCR-ABL in presence and absence of Growth factor IL-3

The Baf3 are dependent on IL-3 for grwoth however transformation by BCR -ABL oncogene causes BAf3 cells independent of IL-3. The BAf3 cells expressing BCR-ABL are dependent on continuous expression of BCR_ABL for growth. Inhibitionof BCR-ABL by its inhibitor Imatinib cause these cells to undergo apoptosis. When these cells are grown with IL-3 these cells do not respond to Imatinib mediated grwoth arrest.

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Kesarwani M, Kincaid Z, Gomaa A, Huber E, Rohrabaugh S, Siddiqui Z, Bouso MF, Latif T, Xu M, Komurov K, Mulloy JC, Cancelas JA, Grimes HL, Azam M