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Targeting the PI3K signaling pathway in KRAS mutant colon cancer.
Cancer medicine - 1 Feb 2016
Hong Suntaek, Kim SoYoung, Kim Hye Youn, Kang Myunghee, Jang Ho Hee, Lee Won-Suk
Abstract excerpt
Metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with v-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) mutations are resistant to monoclonal antibody that targets the epidermal growth factor receptor such as cetuximab. BKM120 targets phosphatidylinositide-3-kinase (PIK3CA), but it is unknown whether BKM120 can reverse cetuximab resistance in KRAS mutant CRC. Human CRC cell lines with KRAS mutations (DLD-1,...
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