RAS-targeted therapies: is the undruggable drugged?

AR Moore, SC Rosenberg, F McCormick… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract RAS (KRAS, NRAS and HRAS) is the most frequently mutated gene family in
cancers, and, consequently, investigators have sought an effective RAS inhibitor for more …

The MAPK and AMPK signalings: interplay and implication in targeted cancer therapy

J Yuan, X Dong, J Yap, J Hu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Cancer is characterized as a complex disease caused by coordinated alterations of multiple
signaling pathways. The Ras/RAF/MEK/ERK (MAPK) signaling is one of the best-defined …

The type II RAF inhibitor tovorafenib in relapsed/refractory pediatric low-grade glioma: the phase 2 FIREFLY-1 trial

LB Kilburn, DA Khuong-Quang, JR Hansford, D Landi… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
BRAF genomic alterations are the most common oncogenic drivers in pediatric low-grade
glioma (pLGG). Arm 1 (n= 77) of the ongoing phase 2 FIREFLY-1 (PNOC026) trial …

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 …

Targeting aberrant RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling for cancer therapy

U Degirmenci, M Wang, J Hu - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK (MAPK) signaling cascade is essential for cell inter-and intra-
cellular communication, which regulates fundamental cell functions such as growth, survival …

RAF-MEK-ERK pathway in cancer evolution and treatment

R Ullah, Q Yin, AH Snell, L Wan - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The RAF-MEK-ERK signaling cascade is a well-characterized MAPK pathway
involved in cell proliferation and survival. The three-layered MAPK signaling cascade is …

Classifying BRAF alterations in cancer: new rational therapeutic strategies for actionable mutations

M Dankner, AAN Rose, S Rajkumar, PM Siegel… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The RAS–RAF–MEK–ERK signaling cascade is among the most frequently mutated
pathways in human cancer. Approximately 50% of melanoma patients possess a druggable …

New perspectives for targeting RAF kinase in human cancer

Z Karoulia, E Gavathiotis, PI Poulikakos - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
The discovery that a subset of human tumours is dependent on mutationally deregulated
BRAF kinase intensified the development of RAF inhibitors to be used as potential …

Pediatric gliomas: current concepts on diagnosis, biology, and clinical management

D Sturm, SM Pfister, DTW Jones - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Gliomas are the most common CNS tumors in children and adolescents, and they show an
extremely broad range of clinical behavior. The majority of pediatric gliomas present as …

BRAF—A tumour-agnostic drug target with lineage-specific dependencies

AJ Hanrahan, Z Chen, N Rosen, DB Solit - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2024 - nature.com
In June 2022, the FDA granted Accelerated Approval to the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib in
combination with the MEK inhibitor trametinib for the treatment of adult and paediatric …