Rational combinations of targeted cancer therapies: background, advances and challenges

H Jin, L Wang, R Bernards - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, elucidation of the genetic defects that underlie cancer has
resulted in a plethora of novel targeted cancer drugs. Although these agents can initially be …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular targeted therapy for anticancer treatment

HY Min, HY Lee - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Since the initial clinical approval in the late 1990s and remarkable anticancer effects for
certain types of cancer, molecular targeted therapy utilizing small molecule agents or …

[HTML][HTML] PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry (an update from 2020 to 2021)

M He, C Cao, Z Ni, Y Liu, P Song, S Hao, Y He… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a new protein-
degradation strategy that has emerged in recent years. It uses bifunctional small molecules …

A compendium of mutational cancer driver genes

F Martínez-Jiménez, F Muiños, I Sentís… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
A fundamental goal in cancer research is to understand the mechanisms of cell
transformation. This is key to developing more efficient cancer detection methods and …

RAS-targeted therapies: is the undruggable drugged?

AR Moore, SC Rosenberg, F McCormick… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract RAS (KRAS, NRAS and HRAS) is the most frequently mutated gene family in
cancers, and, consequently, investigators have sought an effective RAS inhibitor for more …

[HTML][HTML] Osimertinib in Resected EGFR-Mutated Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

YL Wu, M Tsuboi, J He, T John, C Grohe… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Osimertinib is standard-of-care therapy for previously untreated epidermal
growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation–positive advanced non–small-cell lung cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in targeting the “undruggable” proteins: from drug discovery to clinical trials

X Xie, T Yu, X Li, N Zhang, LJ Foster, C Peng… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Undruggable proteins are a class of proteins that are often characterized by large, complex
structures or functions that are difficult to interfere with using conventional drug design …

EGFR signaling pathway as therapeutic target in human cancers

E Levantini, G Maroni, M Del Re, DG Tenen - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) enacts major roles in the maintenance
of epithelial tissues. However, when EGFR signaling is altered, it becomes the grand …

[HTML][HTML] RAB31 marks and controls an ESCRT-independent exosome pathway

D Wei, W Zhan, Y Gao, L Huang, R Gong, W Wang… - Cell research, 2021 - nature.com
Exosomes are generated within the multivesicular endosomes (MVEs) as intraluminal
vesicles (ILVs) and secreted during the fusion of MVEs with the cell membrane. The …

[HTML][HTML] Non-small-cell lung cancer in 2022: a review for general practitioners in oncology

H Mithoowani, M Febbraro - Current Oncology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Canada and a significant cause of
morbidity for patients and their loved ones. There have been rapid advances in preventing …