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 …

KRAS mutation: from undruggable to druggable in cancer

L Huang, Z Guo, F Wang, L Fu - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide, and its treatment and outcomes have been
dramatically revolutionised by targeted therapies. As the most frequently mutated oncogene …

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 …

Clinical Acquired Resistance to KRASG12C Inhibition through a Novel KRAS Switch-II Pocket Mutation and Polyclonal Alterations Converging on RAS–MAPK …

N Tanaka, JJ Lin, C Li, MB Ryan, J Zhang… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Mutant-selective KRASG12C inhibitors, such as MRTX849 (adagrasib) and AMG 510
(sotorasib), have demonstrated efficacy in KRAS G12C-mutant cancers, including non–small …

Acquired Resistance to KRASG12C Inhibition in Cancer

MM Awad, S Liu, II Rybkin, KC Arbour… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Clinical trials of the KRAS inhibitors adagrasib and sotorasib have shown
promising activity in cancers harboring KRAS glycine-to-cysteine amino acid substitutions at …

Expanding the Reach of Precision Oncology by Drugging All KRAS Mutants

MH Hofmann, D Gerlach, S Misale, M Petronczki… - Cancer Discovery, 2022 - AACR
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene, harboring mutations in approximately one
in seven cancers. Allele-specific KRASG12C inhibitors are currently changing the treatment …

Targeting KRAS mutant cancers: from druggable therapy to drug resistance

C Zhu, X Guan, X Zhang, X Luan, Z Song, X Cheng… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Kirsten Rat Sarcoma Viral Oncogene Homolog (KRAS) is the most frequently
mutated oncogene, occurring in a variety of tumor types. Targeting KRAS mutations with …

The MAPK and AMPK signalings: interplay and implication in targeted cancer therapy

J Yuan, X Dong, J Yap, J Hu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Cancer is characterized as a complex disease caused by coordinated alterations of multiple
signaling pathways. The Ras/RAF/MEK/ERK (MAPK) signaling is one of the best-defined …

Chemical remodeling of a cellular chaperone to target the active state of mutant KRAS

CJ Schulze, KJ Seamon, Y Zhao, YC Yang, J Cregg… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The discovery of small-molecule inhibitors requires suitable binding pockets on protein
surfaces. Proteins that lack this feature are considered undruggable and require innovative …

The path to the clinic: a comprehensive review on direct KRASG12C inhibitors

AK Kwan, GA Piazza, AB Keeton, CA Leite - Journal of Experimental & …, 2022 - Springer
The RAS oncogene is both the most frequently mutated oncogene in human cancer and the
first confirmed human oncogene to be discovered in 1982. After decades of research, in …