2024
Preclinical evaluation of avutometinib and defactinib in high‐grade endometrioid endometrial cancer
Hartwich T, Mansolf M, Demirkiran C, Greenman M, Bellone S, McNamara B, Nandi S, Alexandrov L, Yang‐Hartwich Y, Coma S, Pachter J, Santin A. Preclinical evaluation of avutometinib and defactinib in high‐grade endometrioid endometrial cancer. Cancer Medicine 2024, 13: e70210. PMID: 39240189, PMCID: PMC11378359, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.70210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBenzamidesCarcinoma, EndometrioidCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationEndometrial NeoplasmsExome SequencingFemaleFocal Adhesion Kinase 1HumansImidazolesMiceNeoplasm GradingOxazepinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyrazinesSulfonamidesXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsFocal adhesion kinaseWhole-exome sequencingEndometrial cancer cell linesVS-4718Cell linesRas/MAPK pathwayPhosphorylated focal adhesion kinaseWestern blot assayWhole-exome sequencing resultsRAF/MEK inhibitionEAC cell linesBlot assayP-FAKGenetic landscapeCell cycleEndometrial cancerGenetic derangementsDefactinibP-MEKGrowth inhibitionRAF/MEKRas/MAPKCell viabilityP-ERKHigh-grade endometrial cancer
2020
In vivo modeling of metastatic human high-grade serous ovarian cancer in mice
Kim O, Park EY, Klinkebiel DL, Pack SD, Shin YH, Abdullaev Z, Emerson RE, Coffey DM, Kwon SY, Creighton CJ, Kwon S, Chang EC, Chiang T, Yatsenko AN, Chien J, Cheon DJ, Yang-Hartwich Y, Nakshatri H, Nephew KP, Behringer RR, Fernández FM, Cho CH, Vanderhyden B, Drapkin R, Bast RC, Miller KD, Karpf AR, Kim J. In vivo modeling of metastatic human high-grade serous ovarian cancer in mice. PLOS Genetics 2020, 16: e1008808. PMID: 32497036, PMCID: PMC7297383, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008808.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorChromosomal InstabilityCystadenocarcinoma, SerousDEAD-box RNA HelicasesDisease Models, AnimalDNA RepairDrug Resistance, NeoplasmDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMiceMice, KnockoutMutationNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm MetastasisOvarian NeoplasmsPeritoneal NeoplasmsPrimary Cell CulturePTEN PhosphohydrolaseRibonuclease IIITumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsHigh-grade serous carcinomaHuman HGSCHigh-grade serous ovarian cancerSerous ovarian cancerOvarian cancerPeritoneal metastasisHuman high-grade serous ovarian cancerMetastatic ovarian cancerOvarian cancer typesHuman cancer metastasisHuman cancer mortalityHemorrhagic ascitesClinical metastasisHistopathological similaritiesSerous carcinomaCancer mortalityFallopian tubeMurine modelPeritoneal cavityMouse modelPotential therapyMouse deathMetastasisCancer typesCancer metastasis