ReviewCurrent problems in cancer2024
Targeting MEK in non-small cell lung cancer.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Brief Report: Combination Capmatinib and Trametinib in Metastatic MET-Driven NSCLC.JTO clinical and research reports · 2026Article
- MEK Inhibitors and Toll-like Receptor Signaling: Implications for Infection and Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Targeting MEK1/2 inhibits mitochondrial respiration and redox homeostasis in resistant rectal cancer.Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes · 2026Article
- Resistance to EGFR Inhibitors in NSCLC: Mechanistic Insights and Emerging Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Unraveling the molecular-pathological characteristics and cellular complexity of the tumor immune microenvironment in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Review
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- A Phase 1/1B Trial of Pembrolizumab and Trametinib in Advanced NSCLC Enriched for KRAS Mutations.JTO clinical and research reports · 2025Article
- Hypoxia studies in non‑small cell lung cancer: Pathogenesis and clinical implications (Review).Oncology reports · 2025Review
- 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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- Personalizing Therapy Outcomes through Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway Inhibition in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- The Interplay between the DNA Damage Response (DDR) Network and the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Signaling Pathway in Multiple Myeloma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK or MEK) pathway modulates tumor cell survival and proliferation in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Unlike RAS or EGFR, activating mutations in MEK are exceedingly rare in NSCLC. Instead, enhanced activation of the MEK pathway is often linked to increased signaling by upstream oncogenic driver mutations. Thus far, MEK inhibitor monotherapy has shown little promise. However, treatment strategies involving MEK inhibition in combination with other targeted therapies in other oncogene-driven NSCLC has proven to be encouraging. For example, MEK inhibition - when combined with BRAF inhibition, - has shown strong anti-tumor activity in BRAF V600 mutated NSCLC. In this review, recent data on MEK inhibitor strategies in NSCLC are summarized. Furthermore, ongoing early phase trials investigating MEK inhibitor combination therapy with immunotherapy, chemotherapy and other oncogene drivers are highlighted. These and other studies could help inform future rational combination strategies of MEK-ERK inhibition in oncogene-driven NSCLC.
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