Rational combinations of targeted cancer therapies: background, advances and challenges

H **, L Wang, R Bernards - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, elucidation of the genetic defects that underlie cancer has
resulted in a plethora of novel targeted cancer drugs. Although these agents can initially be …

Patient-derived xenograft models in cancer therapy: technologies and applications

Y Liu, W Wu, C Cai, H Zhang, H Shen… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, in which tumor tissues from patients are implanted
into immunocompromised or humanized mice, have shown superiority in recapitulating the …

Single-Agent Divarasib (GDC-6036) in Solid Tumors with a KRAS G12C Mutation

A Sacher, P LoRusso, MR Patel… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background Divarasib (GDC-6036) is a covalent KRAS G12C inhibitor that was
designed to have high potency and selectivity. Methods In a phase 1 study, we evaluated …

Metabolic regulation of homologous recombination repair by MRE11 lactylation

Y Chen, J Wu, L Zhai, T Zhang, H Yin, H Gao, F Zhao… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Lactylation is a lactate-induced post-translational modification best known for its roles in
epigenetic regulation. Herein, we demonstrate that MRE11, a crucial homologous …

Therapeutic landscape and future direction of metastatic colorectal cancer

H Bando, A Ohtsu, T Yoshino - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2023 - nature.com
In the era of targeted therapy based on genomic alterations, the treatment strategy for
metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) has been changing. Before systemic treatment …

Liquid biopsy enters the clinic—implementation issues and future challenges

M Ignatiadis, GW Sledge, SS Jeffrey - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
Historically, studies of disseminated tumour cells in bone marrow and circulating tumour
cells in peripheral blood have provided crucial insights into cancer biology and the …

[HTML][HTML] EGFR in cancer: Signaling mechanisms, drugs, and acquired resistance

ML Uribe, I Marrocco, Y Yarden - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Growth factors are hormone-like molecules able to promote division and
migration of normal cells, but cancer captured the underlying mechanisms to unleash tumor …

The role of APOBEC3B in lung tumor evolution and targeted cancer therapy resistance

DR Caswell, P Gui, MK Mayekar, EK Law, O Pich… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
In this study, the impact of the apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic subunit-like
(APOBEC) enzyme APOBEC3B (A3B) on epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-driven …

Cell–matrix interface regulates dormancy in human colon cancer stem cells

Y Ohta, M Fujii, S Takahashi, A Takano, K Nanki… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer relapse after chemotherapy remains a main cause of cancer-related death. Although
the relapse is thought to result from the propagation of resident cancer stem cells, a lack of …

Divarasib plus cetuximab in KRAS G12C-positive colorectal cancer: a phase 1b trial

J Desai, G Alonso, SH Kim, A Cervantes, T Karasic… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract KRAS G12C mutation is prevalent in~ 4% of colorectal cancer (CRC) and is
associated with poor prognosis. Divarasib, a KRAS G12C inhibitor, has shown modest …