Abstract
The identification of therapeutic vulnerabilities in mutant KRAS tumors has proven difficult to achieve. Burgess and colleagues recently reported in Cell that mutant/wild-type Kras allelic dosage determines clonal fitness and MEK inhibitor sensitivity in a leukemia model, demonstrating that KRAS allelic imbalance is likely an important and overlooked variable.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 377-378 |
Journal | Trends in molecular medicine |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 31 Mar 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Allelic Imbalance/genetics
- Benzamides/pharmacology
- Diphenylamine/analogs & derivatives
- Gene Dosage/genetics
- Humans
- Leukemia/genetics
- MAP Kinase Kinase 1/antagonists & inhibitors
- MAP Kinase Kinase 2/antagonists & inhibitors
- Models, Theoretical
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)/genetics