The current state of the art and future trends in RAS-targeted cancer therapies

SR Punekar, V Velcheti, BG Neel… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite being the most frequently altered oncogenic protein in solid tumours, KRAS has
historically been considered 'undruggable'owing to a lack of pharmacologically targetable …

Targeting the RAS/RAF/MAPK pathway for cancer therapy: from mechanism to clinical studies

ME Bahar, HJ Kim, DR Kim - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Metastatic dissemination of solid tumors, a leading cause of cancer-related mortality,
underscores the urgent need for enhanced insights into the molecular and cellular …

Multi-stage differentiation defines melanoma subtypes with differential vulnerability to drug-induced iron-dependent oxidative stress

J Tsoi, L Robert, K Paraiso, C Galvan, KM Sheu, J Lay… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
Malignant transformation can result in melanoma cells that resemble different stages of their
embryonic development. Our gene expression analysis of human melanoma cell lines and …

[HTML][HTML] Phase 2 study of dabrafenib plus trametinib in patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic NSCLC: updated 5-year survival rates and genomic analysis

D Planchard, B Besse, HJM Groen… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Dabrafenib plus trametinib was found to have robust antitumor activity in
patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic NSCLC (mNSCLC). We report updated …

Skin cancer: epidemiology, disease burden, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutic approaches

Z Apalla, D Nashan, RB Weller… - Dermatology and therapy, 2017 - Springer
Skin cancer, including both melanoma and non-melanoma, is the most common type of
malignancy in the Caucasian population. Firstly, we review the evidence for the observed …

The MEK/ERK network as a therapeutic target in human cancer

R Barbosa, LA Acevedo, R Marmorstein - Molecular Cancer Research, 2021 - AACR
Abstract The RAS–RAF–MEK–ERK pathway is the most well-studied of the MAPK cascades
and is critical for cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival. Abnormalities in regulation …

Overcoming immune evasion in melanoma

K Eddy, S Chen - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Melanoma is the most aggressive and dangerous form of skin cancer that develops from
transformed melanocytes. It is crucial to identify melanoma at its early stages, in situ, as it is …

[HTML][HTML] Many ways to resistance: How melanoma cells evade targeted therapies

I Kozar, C Margue, S Rothengatter, C Haan… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Melanoma is an aggressive malignancy originating from pigment-producing melanocytes.
The development of targeted therapies (MAPK pathway inhibitors) and immunotherapies …

Tumor burden and immunotherapy: impact on immune infiltration and therapeutic outcomes

SI Kim, CR Cassella, KT Byrne - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment landscape in medical oncology, but
its efficacy has been variable across patients. Biomarkers to predict such differential …

EGFR promotes ALKBH5 nuclear retention to attenuate N6-methyladenosine and protect against ferroptosis in glioblastoma

D Lv, C Zhong, D Dixit, K Yang, Q Wu, B Godugu… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Growth factor receptors rank among the most important oncogenic pathways, but
pharmacologic inhibitors often demonstrate limited benefit as monotherapy. Here, we show …