ReviewJournal of hematology & oncology2021
MEK inhibitors for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
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122 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 290 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Synthesis and pharmacokinetic profiling of a novel pyrimidine imidazole based thiosemicarbazone derivative for BRAF inhibition in lung cancer therapy.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Precision Medicine in Treating Lung Cancer: A Narrative Review on Treatments Targeting Oncogenic Genetic Mutations.Cureus · 2026Review
- C-MYC as a key effector of WNT, PI3K/AKT, MAPK, and TGF-β signaling pathways in regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition during tumor metastasis.Cancer cell international · 2026Review
- Discovery of BBO-11818, a Potent and Selective Noncovalent Inhibitor of (ON) and (OFF) KRAS with Activity against Multiple Oncogenic Mutants.Cancer discovery · 2026Article
- MEK1/2 inhibition prevents DENV and ZIKV infection via disrupting the cytoskeletal vimentin cage required for viral replication.Journal of molecular cell biology · 2026Article
- Metabolic and behavioral effects of neurofibromin result from differential recruitment of MAPK and mTOR signaling.PLoS genetics · 2026Article
- CD168 in lung adenocarcinoma: prognostic relevance, immune feature associations, and MAPK/ERK pathway enrichment.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2026Article
- Atlas-Guided Nanocarrier Strategies Targeting Spatial NTRK2/MAPK Signaling in EGFR-TKI-Resistant Niches of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Harnessing nanomedicine to target NF-κB signalling in cancer: at the intersection of inflammatory signalling, metabolic reprogramming, and therapeutic innovation.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Review
- Case Report: pembrolizumab monotherapy achieves durable disease control in a patient withFrontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Nanodroplet Array Platform for Integrated Synthesis and Screening of MEK Inhibitors: a Miniaturized Approach to Early Drug Discovery.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Article
- CRISPR-Drug Combinatorial Screening Identifies Effective Combination Treatments for MTAP-Deleted Cancer.Cancer research · 2025Article
- Coinhibition of the MEK/RTK pathway has high therapeutic efficacy in KRAS-mutant non-small cell lung cancer.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Article
- Inhibition of MCL-1 and MEK Overcomes MEK Inhibitor Resistance in Triple-Negative and Inflammatory Breast Cancers.Molecular cancer therapeutics · 2025Article
- The kinase ERK plays a conserved dominant role in the heterogeneity of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer cells.Science signaling · 2025Article
- The complex journey of targeting RAS in oncology.BMC cancer · 2025Review
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Abstract
BRAF and KRAS are two key oncogenes in the RAS/RAF/MEK/MAPK signaling pathway. Concomitant mutations in both KRAS and BRAF genes have been identified in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). They lead to the proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis of tumor cells by activating the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling pathway. To date, agents that target RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling pathway have been investigated in NSCLC patients harboring BRAF mutations. BRAF and MEK inhibitors have gained approval for the treatment of patients with NSCLC. According to the reported findings, the combination of MEK inhibitors with chemotherapy, immune checkpoint inhibitors, epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors or BRAF inhibitors is highly significant for improving clinical efficacy and causing delay in the occurrence of drug resistance. This review summarized the existing experimental results and presented ongoing clinical studies as well. However, further researches need to be conducted to indicate how we can combine other drugs with MEK inhibitors to significantly increase therapeutic effects on patients with lung cancer.
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