RAF1 amplification drives a subset of bladder tumors and confers sensitivity to MAPK-directed therapeutics
Bekele RT, Samant AS, Nassar AH, So J, Garcia EP, Curran CR, Hwang JH, Mayhew DL, Nag A, Thorner AR, Börcsök J, Sztupinszki Z, Pan CX, Bellmunt J, Kwiatkowski DJ, Sonpavde GP, Van Allen EM, Mouw KW. RAF1 amplification drives a subset of bladder tumors and confers sensitivity to MAPK-directed therapeutics. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2021, 131 PMID: 34554931, PMCID: PMC8592548, DOI: 10.1172/jci147849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBladder tumorsUrothelial tumorsTherapeutic strategiesNovel therapeutic strategiesRational therapeutic strategiesPatient-derived modelsRaf/MEK/ERKClinical outcomesMEK/ERKTreatment optionsBladder cancerHeterogeneous diseaseMEK inhibitionTumorsUnique subsetFocal amplificationRAF inhibitorsCell linesRAF1Gene expression patternsActivationExpression patternsSignalingSubsetRaf1 activityIntegrative molecular characterization of sarcomatoid and rhabdoid renal cell carcinoma
Bakouny Z, Braun DA, Shukla SA, Pan W, Gao X, Hou Y, Flaifel A, Tang S, Bosma-Moody A, He MX, Vokes N, Nyman J, Xie W, Nassar AH, Abou Alaiwi S, Flippot R, Bouchard G, Steinharter JA, Nuzzo PV, Ficial M, Sant’Angelo M, Forman J, Berchuck JE, Dudani S, Bi K, Park J, Camp S, Sticco-Ivins M, Hirsch L, Baca SC, Wind-Rotolo M, Ross-Macdonald P, Sun M, Lee GM, Chang SL, Wei XX, McGregor BA, Harshman LC, Genovese G, Ellis L, Pomerantz M, Hirsch MS, Freedman ML, Atkins MB, Wu CJ, Ho TH, Linehan WM, McDermott DF, Heng DYC, Viswanathan SR, Signoretti S, Van Allen EM, Choueiri TK. Integrative molecular characterization of sarcomatoid and rhabdoid renal cell carcinoma. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 808. PMID: 33547292, PMCID: PMC7865061, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21068-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenCarcinoma, Renal CellCTLA-4 AntigenCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Gene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint ProteinsKidney NeoplasmsMutationProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRetrospective StudiesRhabdoid TumorSignal TransductionSurvival AnalysisTranscription, GeneticTumor Suppressor ProteinsUbiquitin ThiolesteraseConceptsRhabdoid renal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaImmune-inflamed phenotypeIntegrative molecular characterizationPD-L1 expressionReal-world cohortMultiple clinical trialsMYC transcriptional programsMolecular featuresCheckpoint inhibitorsClinical outcomesImmune activationImmunologic characteristicsAggressive tumorsImmune infiltrationClinical trialsClinical characterizationRCC tumorsBAP1 mutationsDistinctive molecular featuresTumorsCDKN2A deletionMolecular drivers