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ArticleOncotarget2016

Targeting Notch enhances the efficacy of ERK inhibitors in BRAF-V600E melanoma.

Clemens Krepler, Min Xiao, Minu Samanta, Adina Vultur, Hsin-Yi Chen, Patricia Brafford, Patricia I Reyes-Uribe, Molly Halloran, Thomas Chen, Xu He and 8 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Clemens KreplerThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Min XiaoThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Minu SamantaThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Adina VulturThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Hsin-Yi ChenThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Patricia BraffordThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Patricia I Reyes-UribeThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Molly HalloranThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Thomas ChenThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Xu HeThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Denitsa HristovaThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Qin LiuThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ahmed A SamatarDiscovery Oncology Merck Research Laboratories, Boston, MA, USA.
Michael A DaviesMelanoma Medical Oncology and Systems Biology University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Katherine L NathansonDivision of Medical Genetics and The Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia PA, USA.
Mizuho Fukunaga-KalabisThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Meenhard HerlynThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jessie VillanuevaThe Wistar Institute, Melanoma Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
The Wistar Institute · USMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Tumor Microenvironment and MetastasisP30CA010815 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI Luis J Montaner · 1985 to 2026
$75.9M
Targeting the MAP and PI3 Kinase Pathways in MelanomaP01CA114046 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI MURPHY, MAUREEN E. · 2008 to 2023
$37.1M
TUMOR DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION IN HUMAN MELANOCYTESP01CA025874 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI BASTIAN, BORIS C. · 1985 to 2015
$19.0M
Targeted Combination Therapy for MelanomaP50CA174523 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI HERLYN, MEENHARD F · 2014 to 2018
$11.1M
METASTATIS: BIOLOGICAL PHENOTYPE AND MODELS FOR THERAPYR01CA047159 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI HERLYN, MEENHARD F · 1989 to 2015
$3.9M
Molecular approaches to overcome intrinsic drug resistance in BRAF and NRAS-mutanK01CA175269 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI VILLANUEVA, JESSIE · 2013 to 2017
$754k
NCI NIH HHS K01 CA175269NCI NIH HHS P01 CA025874NCI NIH HHS P01 CA114046NCI NIH HHS P30 CA010815NCI NIH HHS P50 CA174523NCI NIH HHS R01 CA047159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of activating BRAF mutations in approximately 50% of melanomas has led to the development of MAPK pathway inhibitors, which have transformed melanoma therapy. However, not all BRAF-V600E melanomas respond to MAPK inhibition. Therefore, it is important to understand why tumors with the same oncogenic driver have variable responses to MAPK inhibitors. Here, we show that concurrent loss of PTEN and activation of the Notch pathway is associated with poor response to the ERK inhibitor SCH772984, and that co-inhibition of Notch and ERK decreased viability in BRAF-V600E melanomas. Additionally, patients with low PTEN and Notch activation had significantly shorter progression free survival when treated with BRAF inhibitors. Our studies provide a rationale to further develop combination strategies with Notch antagonists to maximize the efficacy of MAPK inhibition in melanoma. Our findings should prompt the evaluation of combinations co-targeting MAPK/ERK and Notch as a strategy to improve current therapies and warrant further evaluation of co-occurrence of aberrant PTEN and Notch activation as predictive markers of response to therapy.

Indexed as

Amyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAnimalsCell Line, TumorExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesHumansIndazolesMelanomaMicePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPiperazinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafPTEN PhosphohydrolaseReceptors, NotchAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesIndazolesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPiperazinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafPTEN PhosphohydrolaseReceptors, NotchSCH772984BRAFERKmelanomaNotchtargeted therapy resistance

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PMID27655717
PMCPMC5342073
OpenAlexW2519590278

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