Targeting CRAF kinase in anti-cancer therapy: progress and opportunities

P Wang, K Laster, X Jia, Z Dong, K Liu - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
The RAS/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascade is commonly
dysregulated in human malignancies by processes driven by RAS or RAF oncogenes …

Trametinib in the treatment of multiple malignancies harboring MEK1 mutations

T Lian, C Li, H Wang - Cancer treatment reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The aberrant activation of RAS-derived mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling
pathway plays a prominent role in tumorigenesis of an array of malignancies. The reasons …

The RAS-ERK pathway: A route for couples

E Santos, P Crespo - Science Signaling, 2018 - science.org
Data accumulated over more than three decades demonstrate that the assembly of
macrocomplexes, mainly of dimers, is widespread among the members of the different tiers …

[HTML][HTML] Drug resistance in targeted cancer therapies with RAF inhibitors

U Degirmenci, J Yap, YRM Sim, S Qin… - Cancer drug …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Hyperactive RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling has a well-defined role in cancer
biology. Targeting this pathway results in complete or partial regression of most cancers. In …

Clinical, morphologic, and molecular features of benign and intermediate-grade melanocytic tumors with activating mutations in MAP2K1

M Fumero-Velázquez, M Hagstrom… - The American Journal …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Activating mutations in MAP2K1 can be seen in benign and intermediate-grade melanocytic
neoplasms with spitzoid morphology. We analyzed the clinical, histopathologic, and genetic …

Leveraging Systematic Functional Analysis to Benchmark an In Silico Framework Distinguishes Driver from Passenger MEK Mutants in Cancer

AJ Hanrahan, BE Sylvester, MT Chang, A Elzein, J Gao… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Despite significant advances in cancer precision medicine, a significant hurdle to its broader
adoption remains the multitude of variants of unknown significance identified by clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Conquering oncogenic KRAS and its bypass mechanisms

P Hou, YA Wang - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aberrant activation of KRAS signaling is common in cancer, which has catalyzed heroic drug
development efforts to target KRAS directly or its downstream signaling effectors. Recent …

[PDF][PDF] High-Throughput Functional Evaluation of MAP2K1 Variants in Cancer

S Mizuno, M Ikegami, T Koyama, K Sunami… - Molecular Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Activating mutations in mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (MAP2K1) are involved in
a variety of cancers, and may be classified according to their RAF dependence. Sensitivity to …

[HTML][HTML] Melanoma with in-frame deletion of MAP2K1: A distinct molecular subtype of cutaneous melanoma mutually exclusive from BRAF, NRAS, and NF1 mutations

EA Williams, M Montesion, N Shah, R Sharaf… - Modern pathology, 2020 - Elsevier
While the genomics of BRAF, NRAS, and other key genes influencing MAP kinase (MAPK)
activity have been thoroughly characterized in melanoma, mutations in MAP2K1 (MEK1) …

MAP2K1-mutated melanocytic neoplasms with a SPARK-like morphology

M Donati, D Nosek, P Waldenbäck… - The American Journal …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Specific alterations involving MAPK genes (MAP3K8 fusions, MAP3K3 fusions) have been
recently detected in a subgroup of spitzoid neoplasms that seem to constitute a distinctive …