Pharmacological induction of RAS-GTP confers RAF inhibitor sensitivity in KRAS mutant tumors

I Yen, F Shanahan, M Merchant, C Orr, T Hunsaker… - Cancer Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Targeting KRAS mutant tumors through inhibition of individual downstream pathways has
had limited clinical success. Here we report that RAF inhibitors exhibit little efficacy in KRAS …

Targeting KRAS in colorectal cancer: a bench to bedside review

F Bteich, M Mohammadi, T Li, MA Bhat… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease with a myriad of alterations at the
cellular and molecular levels. Kristen rat sarcoma (KRAS) mutations occur in up to 40% of …

KRAS G12C mutations in NSCLC: from target to resistance

A Addeo, GL Banna, A Friedlaender - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A better understanding of the role of KRAS and its different mutations has
led to the development of specific small-molecule inhibitors able to target KRAS G12C, an …

[PDF][PDF] Research progress on KRAS mutations in colorectal cancer

M Cefalì, S Epistolio… - J. Cancer …, 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The RAS gene family, responsible for signal transduction within the mitogen activated
protein kinase (MAPK) and phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) pathways, is frequently …

Targeting KRAS in cancer

A Singhal, BT Li, EM O'Reilly - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
RAS family variants—most of which involve KRAS—are the most commonly occurring
hotspot mutations in human cancers and are associated with a poor prognosis. For almost …

The current state of the art and future trends in RAS-targeted cancer therapies

SR Punekar, V Velcheti, BG Neel… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite being the most frequently altered oncogenic protein in solid tumours, KRAS has
historically been considered 'undruggable'owing to a lack of pharmacologically targetable …

KRAS oncogenic signaling extends beyond cancer cells to orchestrate the microenvironment

P Dias Carvalho, CF Guimaraes, AP Cardoso… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
KRAS is one of the most frequently mutated oncogenes in cancer, being a potent initiator of
tumorigenesis, a strong inductor of malignancy, and a predictive biomarker of response to …

KRAS allelic imbalance enhances fitness and modulates MAP kinase dependence in cancer

MR Burgess, E Hwang, R Mroue, CM Bielski… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Investigating therapeutic" outliers" that show exceptional responses to anti-cancer treatment
can uncover biomarkers of drug sensitivity. We performed preclinical trials investigating …

RAF suppression synergizes with MEK inhibition in KRAS mutant cancer cells

S Lamba, M Russo, C Sun, L Lazzari, C Cancelliere… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in human cancer, yet no therapies are
available to treat KRAS mutant cancers. We used two independent reverse genetic …

Kras mutant genetically engineered mouse models of human cancers are genomically heterogeneous

WJ Chung, A Daemen, JH Cheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
KRAS mutant tumors are largely recalcitrant to targeted therapies. Genetically engineered
mouse models (GEMMs) of Kras mutant cancer recapitulate critical aspects of this disease …