The importance of being PI3K in the RAS signaling network

C Cuesta, C Arévalo-Alameda, E Castellano - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ras proteins are essential mediators of a multitude of cellular processes, and its
deregulation is frequently associated with cancer appearance, progression, and metastasis …

Molecules linked to Ras signaling as therapeutic targets in cardiac pathologies

M Ramos-Kuri, SH Meka, F Salamanca-Buentello… - Biological Research, 2021 - Springer
The Ras family of small Guanosine Triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins (G proteins)
represents one of the main components of intracellular signal transduction required for …

Small molecule inhibitors of RAS-effector protein interactions derived using an intracellular antibody fragment

CE Quevedo, A Cruz-Migoni, N Bery, A Miller… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Targeting specific protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is an attractive concept for drug
development, but hard to implement since intracellular antibodies do not penetrate cells and …

The ins and outs of RAS effector complexes

C Kiel, D Matallanas, W Kolch - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
RAS oncogenes are among the most commonly mutated proteins in human cancers. They
regulate a wide range of effector pathways that control cell proliferation, survival …

The importance of Ras in drug resistance in cancer

FM Healy, IA Prior, DJ MacEwan - British journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we analyse the impact of oncogenic Ras mutations in mediating cancer drug
resistance and the progress made in the abrogation of this resistance, through …

The RAS-effector interface: Isoform-specific differences in the effector binding regions

H Nakhaeizadeh, E Amin, S Nakhaei-Rad, R Dvorsky… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
RAS effectors specifically interact with the GTP-bound form of RAS in response to
extracellular signals and link them to downstream signaling pathways. The molecular nature …

The cornerstone K-RAS mutation in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: From cell signaling network, target genes, biological processes to therapeutic targeting

N Jonckheere, R Vasseur, I Van Seuningen - Critical reviews in oncology …, 2017 - Elsevier
RAS belongs to the super family of small G proteins and plays crucial roles in signal
transduction from membrane receptors in the cell. Mutations of K-RAS oncogene lead to an …

Targeting the MAPK pathway in RAS mutant cancers

SG Hymowitz, S Malek - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Despite decades of extensive drug discovery efforts, there are currently no targeted
therapies approved to treat KRAS mutant cancers. In this review, we highlight the challenges …

Targeting KRAS-Mutated Gastrointestinal Malignancies with Small-Molecule Inhibitors: A New Generation of Breakthrough Therapies

BA Caughey, JH Strickler - Drugs, 2024 - Springer
Kirsten rat sarcoma virus (KRAS) is one of the most important and frequently mutated
oncogenes in cancer and the mutational prevalence is especially high in many …

Structural snapshots of RAF kinase interactions

S Rezaei Adariani, M Buchholzer… - Biochemical Society …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
RAF (rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma) Ser/Thr kinases (ARAF, BRAF, and CRAF) link the
RAS (rat sarcoma) protein family with the MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) pathway …