Meanings
nounsaracatinib (uncountable)
- uncountableA drug that acts as a dual kinase inhibitor, originally developed for the treatment of cancer.
In addition, we and others previously reported that Src inhibitors such as saracatinib (AZD0530) or dasatinib, while effective in inhibiting metastasis, are generally not inducers of apoptosis, which is in part due to their ability to induce autophagy.
2014 September 4, W Guo et al., “Targeting Btk/Etk of prostate cancer cells by a novel dual inhibitor”, in Cell Death & Disease, volume 5, →DOI
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