Description
AZD-1152inhibitsaurorakinasesBandC(AurB,AurC),preventingmitoticspindleformationandpropercompletionofmitosis.Thiscompoundexhibitsanticancerchemotherapeuticactivityandiscurrentlyinclinicaltrialsasapotentialtreatmentforcancerswithsolidtumors.Inacutemyelogenousleukemia(AML)andacutelymphocyticleukemia(ALL)cells,AZD-1152inducesapoptosis,inhibitingproliferation.AZD-1152alsoinducesapoptosisingliomacells,inhibitingproliferationinvitroandtumorgrowthinvivo.
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