Real world outcomes in KRAS G12C mutation positive non-small cell lung cancer

W Cui, F Franchini, M Alexander, A Officer, HL Wong… - Lung Cancer, 2020 - Elsevier
Background KRAS mutations are found in 20–30% of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC)
and were traditionally considered undruggable. KRAS G12C mutation confers sensitivity to …

Rapid non-uniform adaptation to conformation-specific KRAS (G12C) inhibition

JY Xue, Y Zhao, J Aronowitz, TT Mai, A Vides, B Qeriqi… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
KRAS GTPases are activated in one-third of cancers, and KRAS (G12C) is one of the most
common activating alterations in lung adenocarcinoma,. KRAS (G12C) inhibitors, are in …

Drugging an undruggable pocket on KRAS

D Kessler, M Gmachl, A Mantoulidis… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The 3 human RAS genes, KRAS, NRAS, and HRAS, encode 4 different RAS proteins which
belong to the protein family of small GTPases that function as binary molecular switches …

Pharmacological targeting of RAS: recent success with direct inhibitors

JP O'Bryan - Pharmacological research, 2019 - Elsevier
RAS has long been viewed as undruggable due to its lack of deep pockets for binding of
small molecule inhibitors. However, recent successes in the development of direct RAS …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting KRAS mutant cancers with a covalent G12C-specific inhibitor

MR Janes, J Zhang, LS Li, R Hansen, U Peters, X Guo… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Summary KRAS G12C was recently identified to be potentially druggable by allele-specific
covalent targeting of Cys-12 in vicinity to an inducible allosteric switch II pocket (S-IIP) …

Genomic and biological characterization of exon 4 KRAS mutations in human cancer

M Janakiraman, E Vakiani, Z Zeng, CA Pratilas… - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Mutations in RAS proteins occur widely in human cancer. Prompted by the confirmation of
KRAS mutation as a predictive biomarker of response to epidermal growth factor receptor …

The reactivity-driven biochemical mechanism of covalent KRASG12C inhibitors

R Hansen, U Peters, A Babbar, Y Chen… - Nature structural & …, 2018 - nature.com
Activating mutations in KRAS are among the most common tumor driver mutations. Until
recently, KRAS had been considered undruggable with small molecules; the discovery of …

Targeting KRAS in solid tumors: current challenges and future opportunities of novel KRAS inhibitors

A Indini, E Rijavec, M Ghidini, A Cortellini, F Grossi - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Activating mutations in RAS family proteins are found in~ 25% of all human cancers.
Different solid tumors are correlated with mutations in certain isoforms of RAS, with Kirsten …

KRasG12C inhibitors in clinical trials: a short historical perspective

L Goebel, MP Müller, RS Goody, D Rauh - RSC medicinal chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
KRas is the most frequently mutated oncogene in human cancer, and even 40 years after
the initial discovery of Ras oncogenes in 1982, no approved drug directly targets Ras in Ras …

Selective and noncovalent targeting of RAS mutants for inhibition and degradation

KW Teng, ST Tsai, T Hattori, C Fedele, A Koide… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Activating mutants of RAS are commonly found in human cancers, but to date selective
targeting of RAS in the clinic has been limited to KRAS (G12C) through covalent inhibitors …