Harnessing the predictive power of preclinical models for oncology drug development

A Honkala, SV Malhotra, S Kummar… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent progress in understanding the molecular basis of cellular processes, identification of
promising therapeutic targets and evolution of the regulatory landscape makes this an …

NOTCH1 aberrations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

E Rosati, S Baldoni, F De Falco, B Del Papa… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an incurable B-cell neoplasm characterized by highly
variable clinical outcomes. In recent years, genomic and molecular studies revealed a …

Systemic therapy for brain metastases

JW Rick, M Shahin, A Chandra, C Dalle Ore… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Metastases from cells outside of the central nervous system are the most common cancer
found in the brain and are commonly associated with poor prognosis. Although cancer …

PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation

A Marranci, A Prantera, S Masotti, R De Paolo… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
In human cells BRAF oncogene is invariably expressed as a mix of two coding transcripts:
BRAF-ref and BRAF-X1. These two mRNA isoforms, remarkably different in the sequence …

Overcoming Resistance to Therapies Targeting the MAPK Pathway in BRAF‐Mutated Tumours

EL Paton, JA Turner, IR Schlaepfer - Journal of Oncology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Overactivation of the mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is an important
driver of many human cancers. First line, FDA‐approved therapies targeting MAPK …

Correlation of BRAF variant V595E, breed, histological grade and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in canine transitional cell carcinomas

JM Grassinger, S Merz, H Aupperle-Lellbach… - Veterinary …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The presence of BRAF variant V595E, as well as an increased cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)
expression in canine transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) are well-described in the literature …

Hotspot Exon 15 Mutations in BRAF Are Uncommon in Feline Tumours

K Kuroki, CT Hoang, AM Rogic, H Rindt… - Veterinary and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT BRAF is one of multiple RAF proteins responsible for the activation of the MAPK
cell signalling cascade involved in cell growth, differentiation, and survival. A hotspot …

Differential impact of BRAFV600E isoforms on tumorigenesis in a zebrafish model of melanoma

R De Paolo, S Sarti, S Bernardi, F Cucco, A Tavosanis… - Cell & Bioscience, 2023 - Springer
BRAFV600E comes as two main splicing variants. The well-studied ref isoform and the
recently discovered X1 isoform are co-expressed in cancer cells and differ in terms of 3'UTR …

The Raf/LIN-45 C-terminal distal tail segment negatively regulates signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans

RA Townley, KS Stacy, F Cheraghi, CC de la Cova - Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Raf protein kinases act as Ras-GTP sensing components of the ERK signal transduction
pathway in animal cells, influencing cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival. In …

Systematic evaluation of the microRNAome through miR-CATCHv2.0 identifies positive and negative regulators of BRAF-X1 mRNA

A Marranci, R D'Aurizio, S Vencken, S Mero… - RNA biology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Here we present miR-CATCHv2. 0, an implemented experimental method that allows the
identification of the microRNA species directly bound to an RNA of interest. After cross …