Biochemical and structural analysis of common cancer-associated KRAS mutations

JC Hunter, A Manandhar, MA Carrasco, D Gurbani… - Molecular cancer …, 2015 - AACR
KRAS mutations are the most common genetic abnormalities in cancer, but the distribution
of specific mutations across cancers and the differential responses of patients with specific …

Synthetic lethal vulnerabilities in KRAS-mutant cancers

AJ Aguirre, WC Hahn - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
KRAS is the most commonly mutated oncogene in human cancer. Most KRAS-mutant
cancers depend on sustained expression and signaling of KRAS, thus making it a high …

Comparative Analysis and Isoform-Specific Therapeutic Vulnerabilities of KRAS Mutations in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

B Ricciuti, J Son, JJ Okoro, A Mira, E Patrucco… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: Activating missense mutations of KRAS are the most frequent oncogenic driver
events in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). However, KRAS isoforms are highly …

An In Vivo Kras Allelic Series Reveals Distinct Phenotypes of Common Oncogenic Variants

MP Zafra, MJ Parsons, J Kim, D Alonso-Curbelo… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in cancer, yet there is little understanding of
how specific KRAS amino acid changes affect tumor initiation, progression, or therapy …

[HTML][HTML] The role of KRAS splice variants in cancer biology

C Nuevo-Tapioles, MR Philips - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The three mammalian RAS genes (HRAS, NRAS and KRAS) encode four proteins that play
central roles in cancer biology. Among them, KRAS is mutated more frequently in human …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular epidemiology and diagnostics of KRAS mutations in human cancer

J Timar, K Kashofer - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2020 - Springer
RAS mutation is the most frequent oncogenic alteration in human cancers. KRAS is the most
frequently mutated followed by NRAS. The emblematic KRAS mutant cancers are …

[HTML][HTML] Mutant KRAS as a critical determinant of the therapeutic response of colorectal cancer

K Knickelbein, L Zhang - Genes & diseases, 2015 - Elsevier
Mutations in the KRAS oncogene represent one of the most prevalent genetic alterations in
colorectal cancer (CRC), the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the US. In …

[HTML][HTML] The genetics and biology of KRAS in lung cancer

PMK Westcott, MD To - Chinese journal of cancer, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mutational activation of KRAS is a common oncogenic event in lung cancer and other
epithelial cancer types. Efforts to develop therapies that counteract the oncogenic effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting KRAS (G12C): from inhibitory mechanism to modulation of antitumor effects in patients

D Kim, JY Xue, P Lito - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
KRAS mutations are among the most common genetic alterations in lung, colorectal, and
pancreatic cancers. Direct inhibition of KRAS oncoproteins has been a long-standing pursuit …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the untargetable KRAS in cancer therapy

P Liu, Y Wang, X Li - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2019 - Elsevier
RAS is one of the most well-known proto-oncogenes. Its gain-of-function mutations occur in
approximately 30% of all human cancers. As the most frequently mutated RAS isoform …