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Effective use of PI3K and MEK inhibitors to treat mutant Kras G12D and PIK3CA H1047R murine lung cancers.
Nature medicine - 1 Dec 2008
Engelman Jeffrey A, Chen Liang, Tan Xiaohong, Crosby Katherine, Guimaraes Alexander R, Upadhyay Rabi, Maira Michel, McNamara Kate, Perera Samanthi A, Song Youngchul, Chirieac Lucian R, Kaur Ramneet, Lightbown Angela, Simendinger Jessica, Li Timothy, Padera Robert F, García-Echeverría Carlos, Weissleder Ralph, Mahmood Umar, Cantley Lewis C, Wong Kwok-Kin
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations that activate phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) have been identified in the p110-alpha catalytic subunit (encoded by PIK3CA). They are most frequently observed in two hotspots: the helical domain (E545K and E542K) and the kinase domain (H1047R). Although the p110-alpha mutants are transforming in vitro, their oncogenic potential has not been assessed in genetically engineered mouse models....
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