Description
GDC-0449isaninhibitorofSmothatpreventsdownstreamhedgehog(Hh)signaling.GDC-0449exhibitsanticancerchemotherapeuticactivity;itiscurrentlyapprovedtotreatbasalcellcarcinomaandisinclinicaltrialsasapotentialtreatmentforothercancers.GDC-0449inhibitscellmotility,invasion,andcolonyformationinbasalcellcarcinomacells.
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