ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2014
The clinical development of MEK inhibitors.
Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 220 papers.
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220 citing papers in PubMed, 406 citations in OpenAlex.
- Phase II study of MEK inhibitor trametinib alone and in combination with AKT inhibitor GSK2141795/uprosertib in patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2025Trial
- Phase II Study of Ulixertinib in Children and Young Adults With Tumors Harboring Activating Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway Alterations: APEC1621J of the National Cancer Institute-Children's Oncology Group Pediatric MATCH Trial.JCO precision oncology · 2024Trial
- FDA Approval Summary: Dabrafenib in Combination with Trametinib for BRAFV600E Mutation-Positive Low-Grade Glioma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2024Trial
- Phase II Study of Selumetinib in Children and Young Adults With Tumors Harboring Activating Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway Genetic Alterations: Arm E of the NCI-COG Pediatric MATCH Trial.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2022Trial
- Clinical features of serous retinopathy observed with cobimetinib in patients with BRAF-mutated melanoma treated in the randomized coBRIM study.Journal of translational medicine · 2017Trial
- Target and Agent Prioritization for the Children's Oncology Group-National Cancer Institute Pediatric MATCH Trial.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2017Trial
- Pimasertib, a selective oral MEK1/2 inhibitor: absolute bioavailability, mass balance, elimination route, and metabolite profile in cancer patients.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2016Trial
- Evolving Landscape of Systemic Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: From Targeted Therapy and Combination Strategies to Emerging Therapies.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- The MEK inhibitor trametinib incurs mitochondrial injury and induces innate immune responses in the mouse heart.Science advances · 2026Article
- PPP1R18-mediated activation of Wnt/β-catenin and EMT is dependent on ERK signaling in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.Cancer cell international · 2026Article
- Spliceosome induction is a druggable dependency of RAS-driven senescence and cancer.Nature communications · 2026Article
- The critical role of necroptosis in oil cyst formation associated with autologous fat transplantation.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Article
- The allosteric landscape of the Src kinase.Science advances · 2026Article
- Alcohol use disorder-associated pain: clinical and preclinical evidence.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2025Review
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- The MEK inhibitor trametinib incurs mitochondrial injury and induces innate immune responses in the mouse heart.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Chaperone directed heterobifunctional molecules circumvent KRASCancer letters · 2025Article
- Elucidating Ras protein as a dual therapeutic target for inflammation and cancer: a review.Discover oncology · 2025Review
- Repurposing of the RIPK1-Selective Benzo[1,4]oxazepin-4-one Scaffold for the Development of a Type III LIMK1/2 Inhibitor.ACS chemical biology · 2025Article
- TGM2 regulated by transcription factor NR3C1 drives p38 MAPK-mediated tumor progression and immune evasion in lung squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Aberrant activation of the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK1/2 pathway occurs in more than 30% of human cancers. As part of this pathway, MEK1 and MEK2 have crucial roles in tumorigenesis, cell proliferation and inhibition of apoptosis and, therefore, MEK1/2 inhibition is an attractive therapeutic strategy in a number of cancers. Highly selective and potent non-ATP-competitive allosteric MEK1/2 inhibitors have been developed and assessed in numerous clinical studies over the past decade. These agents are not efficacious in a broad range of unselected cancers, although single-agent antitumour activity has been detected mainly in tumours that harbour mutations in genes encoding the members of the RAS and RAF protein families, such as certain melanomas. Combinations of MEK1/2 inhibitors and cytotoxic chemotherapy, and/or other targeted agents are being studied to expand the efficacy of this class of agents. Identifying predictive biomarkers, and delineating de novo and acquired resistance mechanisms are essential for the future clinical development of MEK inhibitors. We discuss the clinical experience with MEK inhibitors to date, and consider the novel approaches to MEK-inhibitor therapy that might improve outcomes and lead to the wider use of such treatments.
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