Molecular Pathways: The Basis for Rational Combination Using MEK Inhibitors in KRAS-Mutant Cancers

S Okumura, PA Jänne - Clinical cancer research, 2014 - AACR
… -mutant cancers. In vitro studies demonstrated a tendency toward sensitivity to MEK inhibitors
in cell lines harboring KRAS mutations compared with those without KRAS mutations (18, …

PI3K pathway activation mediates resistance to MEK inhibitors in KRAS mutant cancers

S Wee, Z Jagani, KX Xiang, A Loo, M Dorsch, YM Yao… - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
… of KRAS mutant cancer cells to MEK inhibitor varied extensively despite efficient MEK pathway
inhibition in … We noted that the majority of MEK inhibitor–insensitive cell lines harbored …

[HTML][HTML] 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
… To gather insights into genes capable of complementing MEK inhibition in KRAS mutant cells
insensitive … We propose that, in a KRAS mutant background, MEK inhibition triggers KRAS

Mechanism of MEK inhibition determines efficacy in mutant KRAS-versus BRAF-driven cancers

G Hatzivassiliou, JR Haling, H Chen, K Song, S Price… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
… known as cobimetinib), a MEK inhibitor currently in phase III clinical trials. … MEK in KRAS-mutant
tumours versus BRAF-mutant tumours can be exploited through the design of inhibitors

[HTML][HTML] Disruption of CRAF-mediated MEK activation is required for effective MEK inhibition in KRAS mutant tumors

P Lito, A Saborowski, J Yue, M Solomon, E Joseph… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
MEK inhibitors in KRAS mutant tumors vary, owing to specific properties of drug-bound MEK
We hypothesized that the ability of MEK inhibitors to inhibit the proliferation of KRAS mutant

Back to the bench? MEK and ERK inhibitors for the treatment of KRAS mutant lung adenocarcinoma

J Kohler, M Catalano… - Current Medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
… state of MEK and ERK inhibitors in pre-clinical models and in human clinical trials for … MEK
inhibitor to date [75], single agent MEK inhibitors have only marginal activity in KRAS mutant

A MEK Inhibitor Abrogates Myeloproliferative Disease in Kras Mutant Mice

N Lyubynska, MF Gorman, JO Lauchle… - Science translational …, 2011 - science.org
… To investigate the mechanism of this response to MEK inhibition, we first explored
whether PD0325901 treatment eliminated Kras mutant cells from the bone marrow. We used …

[HTML][HTML] KRAS dimerization impacts MEK inhibitor sensitivity and oncogenic activity of mutant KRAS

C Ambrogio, J Köhler, ZW Zhou, H Wang, R Paranal… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
… wild-type KRAS-dependent fitness of human and murine KRAS mutant LUAD … MEK inhibition.
These effects are abrogated when wild-type KRAS is replaced by KRAS D154Q , a mutant

MEK inhibitors for the treatment of NRAS mutant melanoma

S Sarkisian, D Davar - Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
… /MEK inhibitors in the treatment of this disease. We describe the recent development of
the selective MEK inhibitor … with AKT inhibitor MK-2206 in KRAS mutant cancers, Citation101 …

MEK inhibition in non-small cell lung cancer

TE Stinchcombe, GL Johnson - Lung cancer, 2014 - Elsevier
mutations of genes in addition to KRAS mutations impact the activity of MEK inhibitors, or
specific subsets of KRAS mutations may be resistant or susceptible to MEK inhibition. Other …