Drugging the undruggable RAS: Mission possible?

AD Cox, SW Fesik, AC Kimmelman, J Luo… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2014 - nature.com
Despite more than three decades of intensive effort, no effective pharmacological inhibitors
of the RAS oncoproteins have reached the clinic, prompting the widely held perception that …

Hallmarks of alternative splicing in cancer

S Oltean, DO Bates - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
The immense majority of genes are alternatively spliced and there are many isoforms
specifically associated with cancer progression and metastasis. The splicing pattern of …

[HTML][HTML] The current understanding on the impact of KRAS on colorectal cancer

M Meng, K Zhong, T Jiang, Z Liu, HY Kwan… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
KRAS (kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene) is a member of the RAS family. KRAS mutations
are one of most dominant mutations in colorectal cancer (CRC). The impact of KRAS …

Tumour‐infiltrating T‐cell subsets, molecular changes in colorectal cancer, and prognosis: cohort study and literature review

K Nosho, Y Baba, N Tanaka, K Shima… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The abundance of tumour‐infiltrating T‐cells has been associated with microsatellite
instability (MSI) and a favourable prognosis in colorectal cancer. However, numerous …

Pooled Analysis of the Prognostic and Predictive Effects of KRAS Mutation Status and KRAS Mutation Subtype in Early-Stage Resected Non–Small-Cell Lung …

FA Shepherd, C Domerg, P Hainaut… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - ascopubs.org
Purpose We undertook this analysis of KRAS mutation in four trials of adjuvant
chemotherapy (ACT) versus observation (OBS) to clarify the prognostic/predictive roles of …

RAS-mediated oncogenic signaling pathways in human malignancies

AQ Khan, S Kuttikrishnan, KS Siveen, KS Prabhu… - Seminars in cancer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abnormally activated RAS proteins are the main oncogenic driver that governs the
functioning of major signaling pathways involved in the initiation and development of human …

KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, HER2 and microsatellite instability in metastatic colorectal cancer–practical implications for the clinician

VA Afrăsânie, MV Marinca, T Alexa-Stratulat… - Radiology and …, 2019 - sciendo.com
Methods A search algorithm (Figure 1) based on a combination of the terms ''metastatic
colorectal cancer''AND “therapy” OR “treatment” AND “RAS” OR “KRAS” OR “NRAS” AND …

Oncogenic Ras isoforms signaling specificity at the membrane

R Nussinov, CJ Tsai, H Jang - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
How do Ras isoforms attain oncogenic specificity at the membrane? Oncogenic KRas,
HRas, and NRas (K-Ras, H-Ras, and N-Ras) differentially populate distinct cancers. How …

The role of KRAS splice variants in cancer biology

C Nuevo-Tapioles, MR Philips - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The three mammalian RAS genes (HRAS, NRAS and KRAS) encode four proteins that play
central roles in cancer biology. Among them, KRAS is mutated more frequently in human …

A review of the most promising biomarkers in colorectal cancer: one step closer to targeted therapy

V Deschoolmeester, M Baay, P Specenier… - The …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Rapidly growing insights into the molecular biology of colorectal cancer (CRC) and recent
developments in gene sequencing and molecular diagnostics have led to high expectations …