Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) signaling in cancer and beyond

S Iliaki, R Beyaert, IS Afonina - Biochemical pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
PLK1 is an evolutionary conserved Ser/Thr kinase that is best known for its role in cell cycle
regulation and is expressed predominantly during the G2/S and M phase of the cell cycle …

Targeting KRAS mutant lung cancer: light at the end of the tunnel

M Drosten, M Barbacid - Molecular oncology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For decades, KRAS mutant lung adenocarcinomas (LUAD) have been refractory to
therapeutic strategies based on personalized medicine owing to the complexity of designing …

Mass spectrometry-based draft of the mouse proteome

P Giansanti, P Samaras, Y Bian, C Meng, A Coluccio… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The laboratory mouse ranks among the most important experimental systems for biomedical
research and molecular reference maps of such models are essential informational tools …

Drug-repurposing screen on patient-derived organoids identifies therapy-induced vulnerability in KRAS-mutant colon cancer

S Mertens, MA Huismans, CS Verissimo, B Ponsioen… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) are widely heralded as a drug-screening platform to
develop new anti-cancer therapies. Here, we use a drug-repurposing library to screen PDOs …

Illuminating phenotypic drug responses of sarcoma cells to kinase inhibitors by phosphoproteomics

CY Lee, M The, C Meng, FP Bayer… - Molecular Systems …, 2024 - embopress.org
Kinase inhibitors (KIs) are important cancer drugs but often feature polypharmacology that is
molecularly not understood. This disconnect is particularly apparent in cancer entities such …

Functional and structural insights into RAS effector proteins

AM Mozzarelli, DK Simanshu, P Castel - Molecular cell, 2024 - cell.com
RAS proteins are conserved guanosine triphosphate (GTP) hydrolases (GTPases) that act
as molecular binary switches and play vital roles in numerous cellular processes. Upon GTP …

TK216 targets microtubules in Ewing sarcoma cells

JM Povedano, V Li, KE Lake, X Bai, R Rallabandi… - Cell Chemical …, 2022 - cell.com
Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is a pediatric malignancy driven by the EWSR1-FLI1 fusion protein
formed by the chromosomal translocation t (11; 22). The small molecule TK216 was …

Novel induction of CD40 expression by tumor cells with RAS/RAF/PI3K pathway inhibition augments response to checkpoint blockade

C Yan, N Saleh, J Yang, CA Nebhan, AE Vilgelm… - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Background While immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is the current first-line treatment for
metastatic melanoma, it is effective for~ 52% of patients and has dangerous side effects. The …

Selected approaches to disrupting protein–protein interactions within the MAPK/RAS pathway

SJ Harwood, CR Smith, JD Lawson… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Within the MAPK/RAS pathway, there exists a plethora of protein–protein interactions (PPIs).
For many years, scientists have focused efforts on drugging KRAS and its effectors in hopes …

A network pharmacology approach to investigate the anticancer mechanism of cinobufagin against hepatocellular carcinoma via downregulation of EGFR-CDK2 …

A Yang, Q Wu, Z Hu, S Wang, Y Tao, A Wang… - Toxicology and applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the deadliest cancers with high mortality and poor
prognosis, and the investigation on new approaches and effective drugs for HCC therapy is …