title: Targeting Ras in myeloid leukemias.
abstract: Ras proteins normally relay growth-promoting signals from many activated cell surface receptors, and they are altered by oncogenic point mutations in approximately 30% of human cancers. Activating KRAS and NRAS mutations are especially common in malignancies of the pancreas, lung, and colon, and in myeloid leukemia. Here, we discuss general strategies for targeting hyperactive Ras signaling in cancer cells with specific reference to myeloid malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. braunb@peds.ucsf.edu <braunb@peds.ucsf.edu>
authors.forename: Benjamin S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shannon
mesh_terms: D011905:Genes, ras; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D009154:Mutation; D015398:Signal Transduction; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018631:ras Proteins