Targeting KRAS in cancer

A Singhal, BT Li, EM O'Reilly - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
RAS family variants—most of which involve KRAS—are the most commonly occurring
hotspot mutations in human cancers and are associated with a poor prognosis. For almost …

Combinatorial strategies to target RAS-driven cancers

N Perurena, L Situ, K Cichowski - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Although RAS was formerly considered undruggable, various agents that inhibit RAS or
specific RAS oncoproteins have now been developed. Indeed, the importance of directly …

[HTML][HTML] Shp2: A pleiotropic target at the interface of cancer and its microenvironment

NM Sodir, G Pathria, JI Adamkewicz, EH Kelley… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
The protein phosphatase SHP2/PTPN11 has been reported to be a key modulator of
proliferative pathways in a wide range of malignancies. Intriguingly, SHP2 has also been …

[HTML][HTML] Precision oncology: 2023 in review

YR Murciano-Goroff, SP Suehnholz, A Drilon… - Cancer Discovery, 2023 - AACR
This article presents a review of recent major advances in precision oncology and the future
implications of these advances, specifying the iterative progress achieved from the end of …

A next-generation BRAF inhibitor overcomes resistance to BRAF inhibition in patients with BRAF-mutant cancers using pharmacokinetics-informed dose escalation

R Yaeger, MA McKean, R Haq, JT Beck, MH Taylor… - Cancer Discovery, 2024 - AACR
RAF inhibitors have transformed treatment for BRAF V600-mutant cancer patients, but
clinical benefit is limited by adaptive induction of ERK signaling, genetic alterations that …

The SOS1 Inhibitor MRTX0902 Blocks KRAS activation and demonstrates antitumor activity in cancers dependent on KRAS nucleotide loading

N Sudhakar, L Yan, F Qiryaqos, LD Engstrom… - Molecular Cancer …, 2024 - AACR
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in human cancer and facilitates uncontrolled
growth through hyperactivation of the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)/mitogen-activated …

NF1 alterations in cancers: therapeutic implications in precision medicine

JS Giraud, I Bièche, É Pasmant… - Expert Opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction NF1 is a tumor suppressor gene encoding neurofibromin, an inhibitor of the
RAS/MAPK and PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling pathways. NF1 germline pathogenic variants …

[HTML][HTML] Tyrosine phosphatase PTPN11/SHP2 in solid tumors - bull's eye for targeted therapy?

X Chen, SJ Keller, P Hafner, AY Alrawashdeh… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Encoded by PTPN11, the Src-homology 2 domain-containing phosphatase 2 (SHP2)
integrates signals from various membrane-bound receptors such as receptor tyrosine …

JC-010a, a novel selective SHP2 allosteric inhibitor, overcomes RTK/non-RTK-mediated drug resistance in multiple oncogene-addicted cancers

X Lu, R Yu, Z Li, M Yang, J Dai, M Liu - Cancer Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Src homology 2 domain-containing phosphatase (SHP2) is a non-receptor protein
phosphatase that transduces signals from upstream receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs)/non …

From bench to bedside: current development and emerging trend of KRAS-targeted therapy

Y Chen, Q Liu, H Xie, J Ding - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2024 - nature.com
Kirsten rat sarcoma 2 viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) is the most frequently mutated
oncogene in human cancers with mutations predominantly occurring in codon 12. These …