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Genotype-Selective Combination Therapies for Melanoma Identified by High-Throughput Drug Screening
Held MA, Langdon CG, Platt JT, Graham-Steed T, Liu Z, Chakraborty A, Bacchiocchi A, Koo A, Haskins JW, Bosenberg MW, Stern DF. Genotype-Selective Combination Therapies for Melanoma Identified by High-Throughput Drug Screening. Cancer Discovery 2013, 3: 52-67. PMID: 23239741, PMCID: PMC3546137, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-12-0408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutant BRAF melanomaCyclin-dependent kinase inhibitorBRAF melanomaSmall molecule inhibitorsHigh-throughput drug screeningDrug screeningEGF receptorCombination therapyDrug combinationsMelanoma culturesContext of genotypePairwise combinationsResistance phenotypeCombinatorial drug screeningUnique treatment regimensCombination of statinsVivo xenograftsKinase inhibitorsMutant BRAFMutationsEfficacious drug combinationsPartial responseTreatment regimensRAS mutationsBRAF mutations
2015
BRAF Inhibition Decreases Cellular Glucose Uptake in Melanoma in Association with Reduction in Cell Volume
Theodosakis N, Held MA, Marzuka-Alcala A, Meeth KM, Micevic G, Long GV, Scolyer RA, Stern DF, Bosenberg MW. BRAF Inhibition Decreases Cellular Glucose Uptake in Melanoma in Association with Reduction in Cell Volume. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2015, 14: 1680-1692. PMID: 25948295, PMCID: PMC4497841, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-15-0080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucose uptakeWeeks of treatmentBRAF kinase inhibitorsHigh response rateTumor cell deathMetastatic diseaseTransmembrane glucose transportMetastatic melanomaPatient cohortCellular glucose uptakeRadiographic changesVemurafenib treatmentBRAF inhibitorsBRAF inhibitionResponse rateEmission tomographyPhysiologic parametersNew protein translationKinase inhibitorsEarly responseImportant physiologic parametersCell volumeMelanomaVolume reductionCell volume regulation
2013
EGF Receptor Activates MET through MAPK to Enhance Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Invasion and Brain Metastasis
Breindel JL, Haskins JW, Cowell EP, Zhao M, Nguyen DX, Stern DF. EGF Receptor Activates MET through MAPK to Enhance Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Invasion and Brain Metastasis. Cancer Research 2013, 73: 5053-5065. PMID: 23794705, PMCID: PMC3745527, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-12-3775.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung carcinomaMitogen-activated protein kinaseBrain metastasesEGFR-METMET activationMutant EGFRCell lung carcinomaEffect of MetSMET kinase inhibitorEGF receptorErbB family membersMET amplificationLung carcinomaDrug treatmentTherapeutic targetEGFRMet levelsDrug resistanceCell subpopulationsCarcinoma invasionKinase inhibitorsMET phosphorylationProtein levelsMetSContinued investigation