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 …

Targeting oncogene and non-oncogene addiction to inflame the tumour microenvironment

G Petroni, A Buqué, LM Coussens… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the clinical management of multiple
tumours. However, only a few patients respond to ICIs, which has generated considerable …

Immunomodulation by targeted anticancer agents

G Petroni, A Buqué, L Zitvogel, G Kroemer, L Galluzzi - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
At odds with conventional chemotherapeutics, targeted anticancer agents are designed to
inhibit precise molecular alterations that support oncogenesis or tumor progression. Despite …

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 …

MEK inhibitors for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

J Han, Y Liu, S Yang, X Wu, H Li, Q Wang - Journal of Hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
BRAF and KRAS are two key oncogenes in the RAS/RAF/MEK/MAPK signaling pathway.
Concomitant mutations in both KRAS and BRAF genes have been identified in non-small …

Luteolin and its derivative apigenin suppress the inducible PD-L1 expression to improve anti-tumor immunity in KRAS-mutant lung cancer

ZB Jiang, WJ Wang, C Xu, YJ Xie, XR Wang, YZ Zhang… - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Upregulated expression of immune checkpoint molecules correlates with exhausted
phenotype and impaired function of cytotoxic T cells to evade host immunity. By disrupting …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting RAS–RAF–MEK–ERK signaling pathway in human cancer: current status in clinical trials

Y Song, Z Bi, Y Liu, F Qin, Y Wei, X Wei - Genes & diseases, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular target inhibitors have been regularly approved by Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) for tumor treatment, and most of them intervene in tumor cell proliferation and …

Therapeutic KRASG12C inhibition drives effective interferon-mediated antitumor immunity in immunogenic lung cancers

E Mugarza, F van Maldegem, J Boumelha, C Moore… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Recently developed KRASG12C inhibitory drugs are beneficial to lung cancer patients
harboring KRASG12C mutations, but drug resistance frequently develops. Because of the …

BRAF—A tumour-agnostic drug target with lineage-specific dependencies

AJ Hanrahan, Z Chen, N Rosen, DB Solit - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2024 - nature.com
In June 2022, the FDA granted Accelerated Approval to the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib in
combination with the MEK inhibitor trametinib for the treatment of adult and paediatric …

Exploiting the therapeutic implications of KRAS inhibition on tumor immunity

M Molina-Arcas, J Downward - Cancer Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Over the past decade, RAS oncogenic proteins have transitioned from being deemed
undruggable to having two clinically approved drugs, with several more in advanced stages …