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Ror1, a cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and may serve as a putative target for therapy

  1. Amir H. DaneshManesh1,
  2. Eva Mikaelsson1,
  3. Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani1,2,
  4. Ali Ahmad Bayat2,
  5. Roya Ghods2,
  6. Mahyar Ostadkarampour2,
  7. Mehdi Akhondi3,
  8. Svetlana Lagercrantz4,
  9. Catharina Larsson4,
  10. Anders Österborg1,5,
  11. Fazel Shokri2,6,
  12. Håkan Mellstedt1,5,*,
  13. Hodjattallah Rabbani1

Article first published online: 10 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23587

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 123, Issue 5, pages 1190–1195, 1 September 2008

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DaneshManesh, A. H., Mikaelsson, E., Jeddi-Tehrani, M., Bayat, A. A., Ghods, R., Ostadkarampour, M., Akhondi, M., Lagercrantz, S., Larsson, C., Österborg, A., Shokri, F., Mellstedt, H. and Rabbani, H. (2008), Ror1, a cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and may serve as a putative target for therapy. Int. J. Cancer, 123: 1190–1195. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23587

Author Information

  1. 1

    Immune and Gene Therapy Lab, CCK, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

  2. 2

    Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avesina Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

  3. 3

    Department of Genetics and Embryology, Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avesina Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

  4. 4

    Departments of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, CMM, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

  5. 5

    Departments of Oncology and Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

  6. 6

    Department of Immunology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

*Department of Oncology (Radiumhemmet), Karolinska University Hospital Solna, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 10 JUN 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 5 MAR 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 23 NOV 2007

Funded by

  • Swedish Cancer Society
  • Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundation
  • Cancer Society in Stockholm
  • King Gustaf Vth Jubilee Fund
  • EV: EVCAAO 200755
  • Swedish Research Council/SIDA/SAREC
  • Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education
  • Cancer and Allergy Foundation
  • Göran Gustafsson Foundation for Research in Natural Sciences and Medicine
  • Stockholm County Council
  • Karolinska Institute Foundations

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