Simvastatin interacts synergistically with tipifarnib to induce apoptosis in leukemia cells through the disruption of RAS membrane localization and ERK pathway inhibition

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Simvastatin interacts synergistically with tipifarnib to induce apoptosis in leukemia cells through the disruption of RAS membrane localization and ERK pathway inhibition is …
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P356DOI10.1016/J.LEUKRES.2014.09.002
P932PMC publication ID5628615
P698PubMed publication ID25262449

P2093author name stringMarkos Leggas
Tamer A Ahmed
John Hayslip
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P433issue11
P921main subjectsimvastatinQ670131
P304page(s)1350-1357
P577publication date2014-09-16
P1433published inLeukemia ResearchQ15716445
P1476titleSimvastatin interacts synergistically with tipifarnib to induce apoptosis in leukemia cells through the disruption of RAS membrane localization and ERK pathway inhibition
P478volume38

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