[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry (an update from 2020 to 2021)

M He, C Cao, Z Ni, Y Liu, P Song, S Hao, Y He… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a new protein-
degradation strategy that has emerged in recent years. It uses bifunctional small molecules …

[HTML][HTML] Signaling pathways and therapeutic interventions in gastric cancer

ZN Lei, QX Teng, Q Tian, W Chen, Y Xie… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Gastric cancer (GC) ranks fifth in global cancer diagnosis and fourth in cancer-related death.
Despite tremendous progress in diagnosis and therapeutic strategies and significant …

The clinical KRAS (G12C) inhibitor AMG 510 drives anti-tumour immunity

J Canon, K Rex, AY Saiki, C Mohr, K Cooke, D Bagal… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in cancer and encodes a key signalling
protein in tumours,. The KRAS (G12C) mutant has a cysteine residue that has been …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Targeted Degradation of Oncogenic KRASG12C by VHL-Recruiting PROTACs

MJ Bond, L Chu, DA Nalawansha, K Li… - ACS central …, 2020 - ACS Publications
KRAS is mutated in∼ 20% of human cancers and is one of the most sought-after targets for
pharmacological modulation, despite having historically been considered “undruggable.” …

Targeting alterations in the RAF–MEK pathway

R Yaeger, RB Corcoran - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
The MAPK pathway is one of the most commonly mutated oncogenic pathways in cancer.
Although RAS mutations are the most frequent MAPK alterations, less frequent alterations in …

Drugging an undruggable pocket on KRAS

D Kessler, M Gmachl, A Mantoulidis… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The 3 human RAS genes, KRAS, NRAS, and HRAS, encode 4 different RAS proteins which
belong to the protein family of small GTPases that function as binary molecular switches …

Direct small-molecule inhibitors of KRAS: from structural insights to mechanism-based design

JML Ostrem, KM Shokat - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in human cancer. In addition to holding this
distinction, unsuccessful attempts to target this protein have led to the characterization of …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring targeted degradation strategy for oncogenic KRASG12C

M Zeng, Y Xiong, N Safaee, RP Nowak… - Cell chemical …, 2020 - cell.com
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene found in pancreatic, colorectal, and lung
cancers. Although it has been challenging to identify targeted therapies for cancers …