Discovery of Mer protein in leukemia cells' nuclei may be new, druggable target
Since the mid-1990s, doctors have had the protein Mer in their sights – it coats the outside of cancer cells, transmitting signals inside the cells that aid their uncontrolled growth.
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study, recently published in the journal PLoS ONE, found another home for Mer – inside cancer cells' nuclei – and perhaps another role for this protein that can point the way to novel, targeted treatments.
"We've known that leukemic B and T cells have a lot of Mer on their surface, while normal lymphocytes have none, and that this protein promotes ...




