Skip to content
CancerIndex

Publication

Activating mutations in ALK provide a therapeutic target in neuroblastoma.

Authors not recorded

Nature2008PMID 18923525PMC2587486stubpubmedProvenance
Source
PubMed
Retrieved
Sep 8, 2026
Layer
normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
Run
ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
Published

Abstract

Abstract (excerpt)

Only the opening of the abstract is shown; abstract text may carry publisher copyright.

Data not yet available

No abstract stored. Read on PubMed

Linked entities

Linked entities (5)

How each link was made (MeSH, dictionary, registry reference, curation…) and whether it has been validated. Candidate links are not counted in entity statistics.

Validated 5

Curated evidence

Evidence citing this paper (3)

civicProvenance
Source
CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
Dataset
CIViC evidence items
Version
civic-2026-09-08
Retrieved
Sep 8, 2026
Layer
normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
Evidence
expert curation
License
CC0 1.0
PMID
18923525
Run
ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
Open at source
CuratedShowing 1–3 of 3 evidence items · levels, directions and significance as curated at the source; each row links to its CIViC record.
TherapyCancerTypeLevelDirection · significanceRating (1–5)StatusEvidenceSource
ALK F1174L1
ALK Inhibitor TAE684NeuroblastomaPredictiveDSupports Sensitivity Response4accepted
EID142

SH-SY5Y and Kelly cells with mutant ALK (F1174L) and Ba/F3 cells overexpressing ALK harboring the F1174L mutation are sensitive to TAE684-mediated growth inhibition.

PMID 18923525 · George et al., 2008 · Open in CIViC

civic
ALK R1275Q2
ALK Inhibitor TAE684NeuroblastomaPredictiveDSupports Sensitivity Response2accepted
EID39

This study identified previously unknown mutations in the ALK gene in 8% (7/93) of primary neuroblastomas and neuroblastoma cell lines (6/30). R1275Q was found in the germline of one patient sample an… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 18923525 · George et al., 2008 · Open in CIViC

civic
〃NeuroblastomaPredictiveDSupports Resistance3accepted
EID48

The SMS-KCNR cell line harboring the R1275Q mutation was resistant to TAE684.

PMID 18923525 · George et al., 2008 · Open in CIViC

civic