Defective K-Ras oncoproteins overcome impaired effector activation to initiate leukemia in vivo

A Shieh, AF Ward, KL Donlan… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Reversing the aberrant biochemical output of oncogenic Ras proteins is one of the great
challenges in cancer therapeutics; however, it is uncertain which Ras effectors are required …

Loss of wild-type Kras promotes activation of all Ras isoforms in oncogenic Kras-induced leukemogenesis

G Kong, YI Chang, A Damnernsawad, X You, J Du… - Leukemia, 2016 - nature.com
Despite the well-established role of oncogenic RAS in promoting tumor formation, whether
and how wild-type (WT) Ras inhibits tumorigenesis under physiological conditions remains …

Wild-type KRAS inhibits oncogenic KRAS-induced T-ALL in mice

A Staffas, C Karlsson, M Persson, L Palmqvist… - Leukemia, 2015 - nature.com
The role of hyperactive RAS signaling is well established in myeloid malignancies but less
clear in T-cell malignancies. The Kras2 LSL Mx1-Cre (KM) mouse model expresses …

Wild-type H-and N-Ras promote mutant K-Ras-driven tumorigenesis by modulating the DNA damage response

E Grabocka, Y Pylayeva-Gupta, MJK Jones, V Lubkov… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Mutations in KRAS are prevalent in human cancers and universally predictive of resistance
to anticancer therapeutics. Although it is widely accepted that acquisition of an activating …

PLC-γ and PI3K Link Cytokines to ERK Activation in Hematopoietic Cells with Normal and Oncogenic Kras

E Diaz-Flores, H Goldschmidt, P Depeille, V Ng… - Science …, 2013 - science.org
Oncogenic K-Ras proteins, such as K-RasG12D, accumulate in the active, guanosine
triphosphate (GTP)–bound conformation and stimulate signaling through effector kinases …

Expression of oncogenic K-ras from its endogenous promoter leads to a partial block of erythroid differentiation and hyperactivation of cytokine-dependent signaling …

J Zhang, Y Liu, C Beard, DA Tuveson… - Blood, The Journal …, 2007 - ashpublications.org
When overexpressed in primary erythroid progenitors, oncogenic Ras leads to the
constitutive activation of its downstream signaling pathways, severe block of terminal …

Somatic activation of oncogenic Kras in hematopoietic cells initiates a rapidly fatal myeloproliferative disorder

BS Braun, DA Tuveson, N Kong… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
RAS mutations are common in myeloid malignancies; however, it is not known whether
oncogenic RAS can initiate leukemia. We show that expressing mutant K-RasG12D protein …

Targeting oncogenic Ras signaling in hematologic malignancies

AF Ward, BS Braun, KM Shannon - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Ras proteins are critical nodes in cellular signaling that integrate inputs from activated cell
surface receptors and other stimuli to modulate cell fate through a complex network of …

[HTML][HTML] KRAS (G12D) cooperates with AML1/ETO to initiate a mouse model mimicking human acute myeloid leukemia

S Zhao, Y Zhang, K Sha, Q Tang, X Yang… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2014 - karger.com
Background/Aims: It has been demonstrated that KRAS mutations represent about 90% of
cancer-associated mutations, and that KRAS mutations play an essential role in neoplastic …

Classification of KRAS-Activating Mutations and the Implications for Therapeutic Intervention

C Johnson, DL Burkhart, KM Haigis - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
Members of the family of RAS proto-oncogenes, discovered just over 40 years ago, were
among the first cancer-initiating genes to be discovered. Of the three RAS family members …