Targeting the RAS/RAF/MAPK pathway for cancer therapy: from mechanism to clinical studies

ME Bahar, HJ Kim, DR Kim - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Metastatic dissemination of solid tumors, a leading cause of cancer-related mortality,
underscores the urgent need for enhanced insights into the molecular and cellular …

Visualizing and discovering cellular structures with super-resolution microscopy

YM Sigal, R Zhou, X Zhuang - Science, 2018 - science.org
Super-resolution microscopy has overcome a long-held resolution barrier—the diffraction
limit—in light microscopy and enabled visualization of previously invisible molecular details …

Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy review: shedding new light on old problems

S Shashkova, MC Leake - Bioscience reports, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Fluorescence microscopy is an invaluable tool in the biosciences, a genuine workhorse
technique offering exceptional contrast in conjunction with high specificity of labelling with …

Single-cell analysis targeting the proteome

M Labib, SO Kelley - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
The existence of cellular heterogeneity and its central relevance to biological phenomena
provides a strong rationale for a need for analytical methods that enable analysis at the …

Structural insights into the BRAF monomer-to-dimer transition mediated by RAS binding

JA Martinez Fiesco, DE Durrant, DK Morrison… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
RAF kinases are essential effectors of RAS, but how RAS binding initiates the
conformational changes needed for autoinhibited RAF monomers to form active dimers has …

Inhibition of RAS function through targeting an allosteric regulatory site

R Spencer-Smith, A Koide, Y Zhou, RR Eguchi… - Nature chemical …, 2017 - nature.com
RAS GTPases are important mediators of oncogenesis in humans. However,
pharmacological inhibition of RAS has proved challenging. Here we describe a functionally …

Tunable-combinatorial mechanisms of acquired resistance limit the efficacy of BRAF/MEK cotargeting but result in melanoma drug addiction

G Moriceau, W Hugo, A Hong, H Shi, X Kong… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
Combined BRAF-and MEK-targeted therapy improves upon BRAF inhibitor (BRAFi) therapy
but is still beset by acquired resistance. We show that melanomas acquire resistance to …

Super-resolution microscopy: from single molecules to supramolecular assemblies

AM Sydor, KJ Czymmek, EM Puchner, V Mennella - Trends in cell biology, 2015 - cell.com
Super-resolution microscopy (SRM) methods have allowed scientists to exceed the
diffraction limit of light, enabling the discovery and investigation of cellular structures at the …

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 …

Ras-GTP dimers activate the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway

X Nan, TM Tamgüney, EA Collisson… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Rat sarcoma (Ras) GTPases regulate cell proliferation and survival through effector
pathways including Raf-MAPK, and are the most frequently mutated genes in human cancer …