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 …

Molecular dynamics simulations in drug discovery and pharmaceutical development

OMH Salo-Ahen, I Alanko, R Bhadane, AMJJ Bonvin… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become increasingly useful in the modern drug
development process. In this review, we give a broad overview of the current application …

The KRASG12C Inhibitor MRTX849 Provides Insight toward Therapeutic Susceptibility of KRAS-Mutant Cancers in Mouse Models and Patients

J Hallin, LD Engstrom, L Hargis, A Calinisan, R Aranda… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
Despite decades of research, efforts to directly target KRAS have been challenging.
MRTX849 was identified as a potent, selective, and covalent KRASG12C inhibitor that …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the untargetable KRAS in cancer therapy

P Liu, Y Wang, X Li - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2019 - Elsevier
RAS is one of the most well-known proto-oncogenes. Its gain-of-function mutations occur in
approximately 30% of all human cancers. As the most frequently mutated RAS isoform …

Suppression of the SLC7A11/glutathione axis causes synthetic lethality in KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma

K Hu, K Li, J Lv, J Feng, J Chen, H Wu… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Oncogenic KRAS is a major driver in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) that has yet to be
therapeutically conquered. Here we report that the SLC7A11/glutathione axis displays …

Therapeutic strategies to target RAS-mutant cancers

MB Ryan, RB Corcoran - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2018 - nature.com
RAS genes are the most commonly mutated oncogenes in cancer, but effective therapeutic
strategies to target RAS-mutant cancers have proved elusive. A key aspect of this challenge …

A model for RAS mutation patterns in cancers: finding the sweet spot

S Li, A Balmain, CM Counter - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
The three RAS genes—HRAS, NRAS and KRAS—are collectively mutated in one-third of
human cancers, where they act as prototypic oncogenes. Interestingly, there are rather …

KRAS interaction with RAF1 RAS-binding domain and cysteine-rich domain provides insights into RAS-mediated RAF activation

TH Tran, AH Chan, LC Young, L Bindu, C Neale… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The first step of RAF activation involves binding to active RAS, resulting in the recruitment of
RAF to the plasma membrane. To understand the molecular details of RAS-RAF interaction …

Oligomeric organization of membrane proteins from native membranes at nanoscale spatial and single-molecule resolution

G Walker, C Brown, X Ge, S Kumar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The oligomeric organization of membrane proteins in native cell membranes is a critical
regulator of their function. High-resolution quantitative measurements of oligomeric …