Therapeutics targeting mutant KRAS

KZ Thein, AB Biter, DS Hong - Annual review of medicine, 2021 - annualreviews.org
KRAS G12C is the most prevalent KRAS mutation in NSCLC and is present in ∼13% of …
restored the sensitivity of KRAS-mutant NSCLC to MEK inhibition and induced senescence and …

[HTML][HTML] Combined MEK and ERK inhibition overcomes therapy-mediated pathway reactivation in RAS mutant tumors

M Merchant, J Moffat, G Schaefer, J Chan, X Wang… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
MEK inhibition in the NRAS and KRAS mutant setting [27–29]. Together these findings indicate
that in the context of MEK inhibition, … combination of MEK inhibitors with ERK inhibitors as …

Expanding the Reach of Precision Oncology by Drugging All KRAS Mutants

MH Hofmann, D Gerlach, S Misale, M Petronczki… - Cancer Discovery, 2022 - AACR
… allosteric MEK inhibitor that also blocks RAF phosphorylation of MEK, … MEK inhibitors (57).
VS-6766 is currently studied in combination with the FAK inhibitor defactinib in KRAS-mutated

Synergistic effect between erlotinib and MEK inhibitors in KRAS wild-type human pancreatic cancer cells

CH Diep, RM Munoz, A Choudhary, DD Von Hoff… - Clinical cancer …, 2011 - AACR
… and MEK inhibitor combination was limited to cells with wild-type KRAS. To determine whether
… As KRAS mutations are reported so prevalently in pancreatic cancer, our study does raise …

KRAS mutant colorectal tumors: past and present

TM Brand, DL Wheeler - Small GTPases, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
… outcomes in both KRAS and BRAF mutant cell lines treated with MEK inhibitors. In an in …
that sensitivity to MEK inhibitors was specific for cell lines with the single BRAF mutation V600E.…

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor promotes resistance to MEK blockade in KRAS mutant colorectal cancer cells

SK Cheon, HP Kim, YL Park, JE Jang, Y Lim… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… -MEK targeted therapies. Here, we investigated a bypass mechanism of resistance … MEK
inhibition in KRAS CRC. We found that KRAS mutant CRC cells with refametinib, MEK inhibitor, …

BRAF Inhibitor–Driven Tumor Proliferation in a KRAS-Mutated Colon Carcinoma Is Not Overcome by MEK1/2 Inhibition

MC Andrews, A Behren, F Chionh… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - ascopubs.org
… of an unsuspected NRAS-mutant leukemia in a patient with … However, whether the effect
of MEK inhibition in vivo is of … The presence of an activating KRAS mutation in this patient's …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting KRAS mutant cancers: from druggable therapy to drug resistance

C Zhu, X Guan, X Zhang, X Luan, Z Song, X Cheng… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
… for KRAS mutant cancers and discuss the resistance mechanisms of KRAS mutant therapy
… NSCLC to MEK inhibition and increase inactive GDP-bound KRAS. A triplet combination of …

[HTML][HTML] Selumetinib with and without erlotinib in KRAS mutant and KRAS wild-type advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer

CA Carter, A Rajan, C Keen, E Szabo, S Khozin… - Annals of …, 2016 - Elsevier
inhibition of its downstream kinase MEK. In our study, patients with KRAS mutations received
the MEK inhibitor… only patients to receive twice daily inhibition, the recommended dosing for …

KRAS mutations in lung cancer

N Karachaliou, C Mayo, C Costa, I Magrí… - Clinical lung cancer, 2013 - Elsevier
Inhibitors of the PI3K/mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) pathway may be active in
cancers with PI3K mutations and, when combined with MEK inhibitors, may effectively treat …