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  2. Lenalidomide induces degradation of IKZF1 and IKZF3

Lenalidomide induces degradation of IKZF1 and IKZF3

  • Oncoimmunology. 2014 Jul 3;3(7):e941742. doi: 10.4161/21624011.2014.941742.
Jan Krönke 1 Slater N Hurst 1 Benjamin L Ebert 1
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Affiliation

  • 1 Brigham and Women's Hospital ; Boston, MA USA.
Abstract

Lenalidomide and its analogs, thalidomide and pomalidomide, specifically inhibit growth of mature B-cell lymphomas, including multiple myeloma, and induce interleukin-2 (IL-2) release from T cells. We recently found that this results from activation of the CRBN-CRL4 E3 ubiquitin Ligase to degrade the lymphoid transcription factors IKZF1 (Ikaros) and IKZF3 (Aiolos).

Keywords

lenalidomide; pomalidomide; thalidomide; ubiquitin.

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