a drug being studied in the treatment of acute leukemias and some other types of cancer. it binds to a protein that is present on the surface of some types of cancer cells and stops them from dividing. lestaurtinib is a type of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a type of indolocarbazole alkaloid. also called cep-701.
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/23 03:09 UTC 版)
Lestaurtinib (rINN, codenamed CEP-701) is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor structurally related to staurosporine, and is being developed by Cephalon.