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Tipifarnib Inhibits HRAS-Driven Dedifferentiated Thyroid Cancers.
Cancer research - 15 Aug 2018
Untch Brian R, Dos Anjos Vanessa, Garcia-Rendueles Maria E R, Knauf Jeffrey A, Krishnamoorthy Gnana P, Saqcena Mahesh, Bhanot Umeshkumar K, Socci Nicholas D, Ho Alan L, Ghossein Ronald, Fagin James A
Abstract excerpt
Of the three RAS oncoproteins, only HRAS is delocalized and inactivated by farnesyltransferase inhibitors (FTI), an approach yet to be exploited clinically. In this study, we treat mice bearing Hras-driven poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers (Tpo-Cre/HrasG12V/p53flox/flox ) with the FTI tipifarnib. Treatment caused sustained tumor regression and increased survival; however, early and late...
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