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ReviewMolecular cancer therapeutics2025

Advances and Challenges in RAS Signaling Targeted Therapy in Leukemia.

Yu Chen, Zhenghao Yin, Kenneth D Westover, Zhiwei Zhou, Liping Shu

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Review in Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yu ChenDepartment of Immunology, Guizhou Province Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Clinical Research Center, School of Basic Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.ORCID 0009-0006-8509-3403
Zhenghao YinDepartment of Immunology, Guizhou Province Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Clinical Research Center, School of Basic Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.ORCID 0009-0006-4625-1202
Kenneth D WestoverDepartment of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.ORCID 0000-0003-3653-5923
Zhiwei ZhouDepartment of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.ORCID 0000-0002-1021-637X
Liping ShuDepartment of Immunology, Guizhou Province Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Clinical Research Center, School of Basic Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5104-4693

Funding

Characterization and targeting of rapid nucleotide exchange RAS mutationsR01CA244341 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI WESTOVER, KENNETH · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA244341
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RAS mutations are prevalent in leukemia, including mutations at G12, G13, T58, Q61, K117, and A146. These mutations are often crucial for tumor initiation, maintenance, and recurrence. Although much is known about RAS function in the last 40 years, a substantial knowledge gap remains in understanding the mutation-specific biological activities of RAS in cancer and the approaches needed to target specific RAS mutants effectively. The recent approval of KRASG12C inhibitors, adagrasib and sotorasib, has validated KRAS as a direct therapeutic target and demonstrated the feasibility of selectively targeting specific RAS mutants. Nevertheless, KRASG12C remains the only RAS mutant successfully targeted with FDA-approved inhibitors for cancer treatment in patients, limiting its applicability for other oncogenic RAS mutants, such as G12D, in leukemia. Despite these challenges, new approaches have generated optimism about targeting specific RAS mutations in an allele-dependent manner for cancer therapy, supported by compelling biochemical and structural evidence, which inspires further exploration of RAS allele-specific vulnerabilities. This review will discuss the recent advances and challenges in the development of therapies targeting RAS signaling, highlight emerging therapeutic strategies, and emphasize the importance of allele-specific approaches for leukemia treatment.

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LeukemiaSignal TransductionAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyMutationras ProteinsAntineoplastic Agentsras Proteins

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PMID39404173
PMCPMC11694067

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