MAPK8 and Miyoshi myopathy: Given the essential antiapoptotic role of GADD45β in MM and our previous results showing that GADD45β suppresses JNK signaling and apoptosis by blocking MKK7 via direct physical interaction (De Smaele et al., 2001, Papa et al., 2004, Papa et al., 2007), we aimed to develop selective inhibitors of this protein-protein interaction in order to induce cytotoxic JNK signaling in MM cells.