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Abstract A55: KRAS gene amplification is a distinct molecular subgroup of gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma that may benefit from combined RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK and PI3K/PTEN/AKT/mTOR pathway inhibition
Conclusions: In this series, we observed KRAS wild type gene amp+ to be present in a subset (16%) of GEC patients at diagnosis, correlating with very high protein expression. KRAS amp+ was present after treatment with trastuzumab in HER2+ patients, and also after anti-MET therapy. These data suggest that KRAS amp+ represents a molecular subset with advanced disease at diagnosis. The observation of acquired KRAS amp+ after targeted therapies may be a resistance mechanism to anti-HER and anti-MET inhibitors. Inhibition using combined MEK/AKT pathway inhibitors, and proof-of-principle siRNA, warrants further investigation for...
Source: Molecular Cancer Research - February 5, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Henderson, L., Xu, P., Rambo, B., Liao, W.-L., Hembrough, T., Catenacci, D. Tags: Role of WT RAS and RAS Isoforms: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research

Abstract A62: PARP-1 regulates NF-{kappa}B-mediated IL-8 expression in HER2 positive breast cancer
Conclusions:Trastuzumab resistant HER2+ breast cancer cells remain sensitive to PARP inhibition. Further, PARP-1 regulates the expression of IL-8, an NF-B regulated gene. These results suggest that inhibition of the interaction between PARP-1 and the NF-B signaling pathway may be a potential mechanism behind the sensitivity to PARPi in HER2+ trastuzumab resistant breast cancer cells.Citation Format: Monicka E. Wielgos, Rajani Rajbhandari, Susan Nozell, C. Kent Osborne, Rachel Schiff, Eddy S. Yang. PARP-1 regulates NF-B-mediated IL-8 expression in HER2 positive breast cancer. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR-NCI-EORT...
Source: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics - January 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Wielgos, M. E., Rajbhandari, R., Nozell, S., Osborne, C. K., Schiff, R., Yang, E. S. Tags: EGFR / Her2: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research

Abstract C26: Development of selective MELK kinase inhibitors for breast cancer treatment
In this study, we are reporting development of a series of selective MELK kinase inhibitors. Synthesized compounds exert excellent selectivity and potency in MELK inhibition in a low nanomolar range. Therapeutic effect of the compounds was investigated in the panel of breast cancer cell lines with different genetic background as well as with different MELK kinase levels; it was shown that for some cell lines compounds induced cell death with nanomolar ED50 values. The compound's effect on the proliferation and in the colony formation assay was also investigated. Taken altogether, the presented data supports our rationale o...
Source: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics - January 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kowalczyk, P., Węgrzyn, P., Prokopowicz, M., Knop, M., Mazur, K., Dziedzic, K., Gluza, K., Knop, M., Dziedzic, K., Mazur, K., Radzimierski, A., Commandeur, C., Zawadzka, M., Bloudoff, K., Vaillancourt, F., Larsen, N., Wang, J., Reynolds, D., Ito, D Tags: Cancer Stem Cells: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research