2023
Targeting the RET tyrosine kinase in neuroblastoma: A review and application of a novel selective drug design strategy
Steen E, Basilaia M, Kim W, Getz T, Gustafson J, Zage P. Targeting the RET tyrosine kinase in neuroblastoma: A review and application of a novel selective drug design strategy. Biochemical Pharmacology 2023, 216: 115751. PMID: 37595672, PMCID: PMC10911250, DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2023.115751.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRET inhibitorsRET inhibitionSolid tumorsIncreased RET expressionAssociated with poor prognosisPediatric solid tumorsNeuroblastoma tumor cellsPapillary thyroid cancerTyrosine kinaseOncogenic RET mutationsRET tyrosine kinaseProgression of multiple typesTransmembrane receptor tyrosine kinaseRET mutationsRET expressionReceptor tyrosine kinasesThyroid cancerNeuroblastoma tumorsPoor prognosisPreclinical studiesTumor cellsBreast cancerKinase inhibitorsLung adenocarcinomaClinical trials
2015
KRAS Genomic Status Predicts the Sensitivity of Ovarian Cancer Cells to Decitabine
Stewart M, Tamayo P, Wilson A, Wang S, Chang Y, Kim J, Khabele D, Shamji A, Schreiber S. KRAS Genomic Status Predicts the Sensitivity of Ovarian Cancer Cells to Decitabine. Cancer Research 2015, 75: 2897-2906. PMID: 25968887, PMCID: PMC4506246, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-2860.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancer cellsCancer cellsOvarian cancerHigh-grade serous ovarian cancer cellsGenomic statusBiomarkers of drug responseBcl-2 family inhibitorsAntitumor response rateSerous ovarian cancer cellsTreated with decitabineInhibit DNA methylationBreast cancer cellsDownregulation of DNMT1DNA methyltransferase inhibitionKRAS statusDNA methylationPredictive biomarkersSolid tumorsMEK inhibitorsMEK/ERK phosphorylationDecitabineBcl-2Drug responseXenograft modelLow-grade