RAS-targeted therapies: is the undruggable drugged?

AR Moore, SC Rosenberg, F McCormick… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract RAS (KRAS, NRAS and HRAS) is the most frequently mutated gene family in
cancers, and, consequently, investigators have sought an effective RAS inhibitor for more …

The frequency of Ras mutations in cancer

IA Prior, FE Hood, JL Hartley - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Ras is frequently mutated in cancer, however, there is a lack of consensus in the literature
regarding the cancer mutation frequency of Ras, with quoted values varying from 10%–30 …

Targeting aberrant RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling for cancer therapy

U Degirmenci, M Wang, J Hu - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK (MAPK) signaling cascade is essential for cell inter-and intra-
cellular communication, which regulates fundamental cell functions such as growth, survival …

RAS proteins and their regulators in human disease

DK Simanshu, DV Nissley, F McCormick - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
RAS proteins are binary switches, cycling between ON and OFF states during signal
transduction. These switches are normally tightly controlled, but in RAS-related diseases …

KRAS dimerization impacts MEK inhibitor sensitivity and oncogenic activity of mutant KRAS

C Ambrogio, J Köhler, ZW Zhou, H Wang, R Paranal… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The mechanism by which the wild-type KRAS allele imparts a growth inhibitory effect to
oncogenic KRAS in various cancers, including lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), is poorly …

The lateral organization and mobility of plasma membrane components

K Jacobson, P Liu, BC Lagerholm - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Over the last several decades, an impressive array of advanced microscopic and analytical
tools, such as single-particle tracking and nanoscopic fluorescence correlation …

Lipid-sorting specificity encoded in K-Ras membrane anchor regulates signal output

Y Zhou, P Prakash, H Liang, KJ Cho, AA Gorfe… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
K-Ras is targeted to the plasma membrane by a C-terminal membrane anchor that
comprises a farnesyl-cysteine-methyl-ester and a polybasic domain. We used quantitative …

Pharmacological targeting of RAS: recent success with direct inhibitors

JP O'Bryan - Pharmacological research, 2019 - Elsevier
RAS has long been viewed as undruggable due to its lack of deep pockets for binding of
small molecule inhibitors. However, recent successes in the development of direct RAS …

Conceptual evolution of cell signaling

A Nair, P Chauhan, B Saha, KF Kubatzky - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
During the last 100 years, cell signaling has evolved into a common mechanism for most
physiological processes across systems. Although the majority of cell signaling principles …

Biological membrane organization and cellular signaling

X Cheng, JC Smith - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
To execute their many vital functions, cell membranes are highly organized. Here, we review
how membrane structure shapes signal transduction across membranes. Recent …