RAS: Striking at the Core of the Oncogenic Circuitry

RC Gimple, X Wang - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a devastating disease process that touches the lives of millions worldwide.
Despite advances in our understanding of the genomic architecture of cancers and the …

KRAS mutant pancreatic cancer: no lone path to an effective treatment

D Zeitouni, Y Pylayeva-Gupta, CJ Der, KL Bryant - Cancers, 2016 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the deadliest cancers with a dismal
7% 5-year survival rate and is projected to become the second leading cause of cancer …

Clinical advances of siRNA-based nanotherapeutics for cancer treatment

D Hattab, AM Gazzali, A Bakhtiar - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is associated with single or multiple gene defects. Recently, much research has
focused on incorporating genetic materials as one of the means to treat various types of …

Targeting KRAS in solid tumors: current challenges and future opportunities of novel KRAS inhibitors

A Indini, E Rijavec, M Ghidini, A Cortellini, F Grossi - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Activating mutations in RAS family proteins are found in~ 25% of all human cancers.
Different solid tumors are correlated with mutations in certain isoforms of RAS, with Kirsten …

Targeting oncogenic KRAS in non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR aptamer-conjugated multifunctional RNA nanoparticles

L Yang, Z Li, DW Binzel, P Guo, TM Williams - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic …, 2023 - cell.com
KRAS mutations are one of the most common oncogenic driver mutations in human cancers,
including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and have established roles in cancer …

Targeting Mutant KRAS in Pancreatic Cancer: Futile or Promising?

FI Nollmann, DA Ruess - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most fatal cancers with a dismal
prognosis for the patient. This is due to limited diagnostic options for the early detection of …

Nanomaterials respond to lysosomal function for tumor treatment

X Tian, A Shi, H Yin, Y Wang, Q Liu, W Chen, J Wu - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The safety and efficacy of tumor treatment are difficult problems to address. Recently,
lysosomes have become an important target for tumor treatment because of their special …

Grifolin, neogrifolin and confluentin from the terricolous polypore Albatrellus flettii suppress KRAS expression in human colon cancer cells

A Yaqoob, WM Li, V Liu, C Wang, S Mackedenski… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In our search for bioactive mushrooms native to British Columbia, we determined that the
ethanol extracts from fruiting bodies of the terrestrial polypore Albatrellus flettii had potent …

The genomic landscape of metastasis in treatment-naive breast cancer models

C Ross, K Szczepanek, M Lee, H Yang, T Qiu… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Metastasis remains the principle cause of mortality for breast cancer and presents a critical
challenge because secondary lesions are often refractory to conventional treatments. While …

PTPN2 regulates the activation of KRAS and plays a critical role in proliferation and survival of KRAS-driven cancer cells

Z Huang, M Liu, D Li, Y Tan, R Zhang, Z Xia… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
RAS genes are the most commonly mutated in human cancers and play critical roles in
tumor initiation, progression, and drug resistance. Identification of targets that block RAS …