MYC and KRAS cooperation: from historical challenges to therapeutic opportunities in cancer

S Casacuberta-Serra, Í González-Larreategui… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
RAS and MYC rank amongst the most commonly altered oncogenes in cancer, with RAS
being the most frequently mutated and MYC the most amplified. The cooperative interplay …

The roles of KRAS in cancer metabolism, tumor microenvironment and clinical therapy

Q Ma, W Zhang, K Wu, L Shi - Molecular Cancer, 2025 - Springer
KRAS is one of the most mutated genes, driving alternations in metabolic pathways that
include enhanced nutrient uptaking, increased glycolysis, elevated glutaminolysis, and …

Targeting KRAS in colorectal cancer: a bench to bedside review

F Bteich, M Mohammadi, T Li, MA Bhat… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease with a myriad of alterations at the
cellular and molecular levels. Kristen rat sarcoma (KRAS) mutations occur in up to 40% of …

Targeting KRAS in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: The long road to cure

VHF de Jesus, MC Mathias-Machado, JPF de Farias… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the deadliest malignancies in
humans. Despite advances in systemic therapy, prognosis still remains poor. However …

Aberrant pre-mRNA processing in cancer

J Biswas, L Boussi, E Stein… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
Dysregulation of the flow of information from genomic DNA to RNA to protein occurs within
all cancer types. In this review, we described the current state of understanding of how RNA …

Novel druggable space in human KRAS G13D discovered using structural bioinformatics and a P-loop targeting monoclonal antibody

O Jungholm, C Trkulja, M Moche, SP Srinivasa… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
KRAS belongs to a family of small GTPases that act as binary switches upstream of several
signalling cascades, controlling proliferation and survival of cells. Mutations in KRAS drive …

Comparative analysis of KRAS4a and KRAS4b splice variants reveals distinctive structural and functional properties

MJ Whitley, TH Tran, M Rigby, M Yi, S Dharmaiah… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
KRAS, the most frequently mutated oncogene in human cancer, produces two isoforms,
KRAS4a and KRAS4b, through alternative splicing. These isoforms differ in exon 4, which …

Origin and evolution of RAS membrane targeting

A García-España, MR Philips - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract KRAS, HRAS and NRAS proto-oncogenes belong to a family of 40 highly
homologous genes, which in turn are a subset of a superfamily of> 160 genes encoding …

Multiple cellular proteins modulate the dynamics of K-ras association with the plasma membrane

P Bhagatji, R Leventis, R Rich, C Lin, JR Silvius - Biophysical journal, 2010 - cell.com
Although specific proteins have been identified that regulate the membrane association and
facilitate intracellular transport of prenylated Rho-and Rab-family proteins, it is not known …

Targeted splicing therapy: new strategies for colorectal cancer

Y Zheng, G Zhong, C He, M Li - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
RNA splicing is the process of forming mature mRNA, which is an essential phase
necessary for gene expression and controls many aspects of cell proliferation, survival, and …