[HTML][HTML] Role of oncogenic KRAS in the prognosis, diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer

G Zhu, L Pei, H Xia, Q Tang, F Bi - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease at the cellular and molecular levels.
Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS) is a commonly mutated oncogene in CRC, with mutations in …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting KRAS (G12C): from inhibitory mechanism to modulation of antitumor effects in patients

D Kim, JY Xue, P Lito - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
KRAS mutations are among the most common genetic alterations in lung, colorectal, and
pancreatic cancers. Direct inhibition of KRAS oncoproteins has been a long-standing pursuit …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting KRAS mutant cancers with a covalent G12C-specific inhibitor

MR Janes, J Zhang, LS Li, R Hansen, U Peters, X Guo… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Summary KRAS G12C was recently identified to be potentially druggable by allele-specific
covalent targeting of Cys-12 in vicinity to an inducible allosteric switch II pocket (S-IIP) …

MEK1 and MEK2 inhibitors and cancer therapy: the long and winding road

CJ Caunt, MJ Sale, PD Smith, SJ Cook - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
The role of the ERK signalling pathway in cancer is thought to be most prominent in tumours
in which mutations in the receptor tyrosine kinases RAS, BRAF, CRAF, MEK1 or MEK2 drive …

[HTML][HTML] RAS: Striking at the Core of the Oncogenic Circuitry

RC Gimple, X Wang - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a devastating disease process that touches the lives of millions worldwide.
Despite advances in our understanding of the genomic architecture of cancers and the …

KRAS G12C NSCLC models are sensitive to direct targeting of KRAS in combination with PI3K inhibition

S Misale, JP Fatherree, E Cortez, C Li, S Bilton… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: KRAS-mutant lung cancers have been recalcitrant to treatments including those
targeting the MAPK pathway. Covalent inhibitors of KRAS p. G12C allele allow for direct and …

The kinome'at large'in cancer

EDG Fleuren, L Zhang, J Wu, RJ Daly - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Over the past decade, rapid advances in genomics, proteomics and functional genomics
technologies that enable in-depth interrogation of cancer genomes and proteomes and high …

Development of combination therapies to maximize the impact of KRAS-G12C inhibitors in lung cancer

M Molina-Arcas, C Moore, S Rana… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
KRAS represents an excellent therapeutic target in lung cancer, the most commonly mutated
form of which can now be blocked using KRAS-G12C mutant-specific inhibitory trial drugs …

The EGFR-specific antibody cetuximab combined with chemotherapy triggers immunogenic cell death

C Pozzi, A Cuomo, I Spadoni, E Magni, A Silvola… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Cetuximab is a monoclonal antibody that is effective in the treatment of metastatic colorectal
cancer (mCRC). Cetuximab blocks epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-ligand …

[HTML][HTML] Rational cancer treatment combinations: an urgent clinical need

J Boshuizen, DS Peeper - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
We are witnessing several revolutionary technological advances in cancer. These
innovations have not only contributed to a growing understanding of the tumor and its …