KRAS: the critical driver and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

AM Waters, CJ Der - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
RAS genes (HRAS, KRAS, and NRAS) comprise the most frequently mutated oncogene
family in human cancer. With the highest RAS mutation frequencies seen with the top three …

Drugging the undruggable RAS: Mission possible?

AD Cox, SW Fesik, AC Kimmelman, J Luo… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2014 - nature.com
Despite more than three decades of intensive effort, no effective pharmacological inhibitors
of the RAS oncoproteins have reached the clinic, prompting the widely held perception that …

KRAS drives immune evasion in a genetic model of pancreatic cancer

I Ischenko, S D'Amico, M Rao, J Li, MJ Hayman… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Immune evasion is a hallmark of KRAS-driven cancers, but the underlying causes remain
unresolved. Here, we use a mouse model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to inactivate …

KRAS and YAP1 converge to regulate EMT and tumor survival

DD Shao, W Xue, EB Krall, A Bhutkar, F Piccioni… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Cancer cells that express oncogenic alleles of RAS typically require sustained expression of
the mutant allele for survival, but the molecular basis of this oncogene dependency remains …

[HTML][HTML] KRAS: feeding pancreatic cancer proliferation

KL Bryant, JD Mancias, AC Kimmelman… - Trends in biochemical …, 2014 - cell.com
Oncogenic KRAS mutation is the signature genetic event in the progression and growth of
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), an almost universally fatal disease. Although it …

RAS interaction with PI3K: more than just another effector pathway

E Castellano, J Downward - Genes & cancer, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
RAS proteins are small GTPases known for their involvement in oncogenesis: around 25%
of human tumors present mutations in a member of this family. RAS operates in a complex …

The PI3K pathway as drug target in human cancer

KD Courtney, RB Corcoran… - Journal of clinical oncology, 2010 - ascopubs.org
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling axis impacts on cancer cell growth,
survival, motility, and metabolism. This pathway is activated by several different mechanisms …

PI3K pathway alterations in cancer: variations on a theme

TL Yuan, LC Cantley - Oncogene, 2008 - nature.com
The high frequency of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway alterations in cancer has
led to a surge in the development of PI3K inhibitors. Many of these targeted therapies are …

[HTML][HTML] PI3K and AKT: unfaithful partners in cancer

S Faes, O Dormond - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT signaling pathway regulates multiple cellular
processes. An overactivation of the pathway is frequently present in human malignancies …

Genetics and biology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

AF Hezel, AC Kimmelman, BZ Stanger… - Genes & …, 2006 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the
United States with a median survival of< 6 mo and a dismal 5-yr survival rate of 3%–5%. The …