MEK and the inhibitors: from bench to bedside.

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Published in J Hematol Oncol on April 12, 2013

Authors

Akintunde Akinleye1, Muhammad Furqan, Nikhil Mukhi, Pavan Ravella, Delong Liu

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA. DELONG_LIU@NYMC.EDU.

Associated clinical trials:

GSK1120212 vs Chemotherapy in Advanced or Metastatic BRAF V600E/K Mutation-positive Melanoma | NCT01245062

A Phase III Study Comparing Vemurafenib vs Vemurafenib Plus Cobimetinib (GDC-0973) in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma (coBRIM) | NCT01689519

Clinical Study Of PI3K/mTOR Inhibitors In Combination With An Oral MEK Inhibitor Or Irinotecan In Patients With Advanced Cancer | NCT01347866

A Study of the BRAF Inhibitor Dabrafenib in Combination With the MEK Inhibitor Trametinib in the Adjuvant Treatment of High-risk BRAF V600 Mutation-positive Melanoma After Surgical Resection. (COMBI-AD) | NCT01682083

A Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of GDC-0973 in Combination With GDC-0941 When Administered in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors | NCT00996892

A Study of Vemurafenib and GDC-0973 (Cobimetinib) in Participants With BRAFV600E Mutation-Positive Metastatic Melanoma | NCT01271803

An Open-label Study of GSK1120212 Compared With Docetaxel in Stage IV KRAS-mutant Non-small Cell Lung Cancer | NCT01362296

An Open-Label Phase II Study of the Combination of GSK2118436 and GSK1120212 in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Which is Refractory or Resistant to BRAF Inhibitor | NCT01619774

Study of TAK-733 in Adult Patients With Advanced Nonhematologic Malignancies | NCT00948467

A Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of GDC-0973 in Combination With GDC-0068 When Administered in Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors | NCT01562275

Study of TAK-733 in Combination With Alisertib in Adult Patients With Advanced Nonhematologic Malignancies | NCT01613261

A Dose-Escalating Study of RO4987655 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors | NCT00817518

GSK1120212 in Surgically Resectable Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Cancer | NCT01553851

Trial of Gemcitabine With or Without MSC1936369B in Pancreatic Cancer | NCT01016483

Phase I/II Dose-escalation Study to Investigate Safety and Pharmacokinetics/ Pharmacodynamics of WX-554 in Patients With Solid Tumours | NCT01581060

MSC2015103B in Solid Tumors | NCT01453387

NCT01696801

A Safety Study of ARRY-300 in Healthy Subjects | NCT00828165

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CD146+ T lymphocytes are increased in both the peripheral circulation and in the synovial effusions of patients with various musculoskeletal diseases and display pro-inflammatory gene profiles. Cytometry B Clin Cytom (2010) 0.89

Phenylhexyl isothiocyanate has dual function as histone deacetylase inhibitor and hypomethylating agent and can inhibit myeloma cell growth by targeting critical pathways. J Hematol Oncol (2008) 0.89

Phase I study of temozolomide in relapsed/refractory acute leukemia. J Clin Oncol (2002) 0.86

APACHE II scores as predictors of cardio pulmonary resuscitation outcome: Evidence from a tertiary care institute in a low-income country. Saudi J Anaesth (2012) 0.85

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miR-222 contributes to sex-dimorphic cardiac eNOS expression via ets-1. Physiol Genomics (2013) 0.84

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Severe toxicity following induction chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia in a patient with Werner's syndrome. Leuk Lymphoma (2005) 0.84

Knowledge and awareness about breast cancer and its early symptoms among medical and non-medical students of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev (2015) 0.83

High fat diet reduces the expression of glutathione peroxidase 3 in mouse prostate. Prostate (2011) 0.82

PET scan-positive cat scratch disease in a patient with T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. Leuk Res (2005) 0.80

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Deficient histone acetylation in acute leukemia and the correction by an isothiocyanate. Acta Haematol (2009) 0.79

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Acute promyelocytic leukemia with tetraploid karyotype: first report in the Western hemisphere and update of previous reports. Leuk Res (2011) 0.79

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[Coblation-assisting uvulopalatopharyngoplasty combining coblation-channeling of the tongue for patients with severe OSAHS]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi (2012) 0.78

Novel biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis, targeted therapy and clinical trials. Biomark Res (2013) 0.78

Coexistence of inversion 16 and the Philadelphia chromosome in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma (2002) 0.77

Novel influenza A (H1N1) in patients with hematologic malignancies. J Clin Oncol (2009) 0.77

[Modulation of histone acetylation and induction of apoptosis in SMMC-7721 cells by phenylhexyl isothiocyanate]. Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi (2010) 0.76

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Prospective evaluation of 2009 H1N1 influenza A in patients admitted with fever to an oncology unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 0.76

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Syncope: experience at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Emerg Med (2008) 0.75

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Journal of hematology & oncology: a journal open to all. J Hematol Oncol (2008) 0.75

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Phenotypic and functional characterization of a mouse model of targeted Pig-a deletion in hematopoietic cells. Haematologica (2009) 0.75

Management of mantle cell leukemia with cardiac involvement leading to cardiogenic shock. Front Med (2014) 0.75

Acute myelogenous leukemia following irinotecan-based chemotherapy for adenocarcinoma of the small intestine. Leuk Lymphoma (2007) 0.75

Evaluation of temozolomide in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Leuk Lymphoma (2004) 0.75

Severe imatinib-associated muscle edema in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia and marked leukocytosis. Leuk Lymphoma (2008) 0.75

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Long-term follow-up of high-dose mitoxantrone-based induction therapy for patients with newly-diagnosed acute myelogenous leukemia. Twelve year results from a single institution. Leuk Lymphoma (2006) 0.75

Highly efficient asymmetric Michael addition of aldehyde to nitroolefin using perhydroindolic acid as a chiral organocatalyst. Org Biomol Chem (2012) 0.75

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P-stereogenic PNP pincer-Pd catalyzed intramolecular hydroamination of amino-1,3-dienes. Org Biomol Chem (2015) 0.75

[Preliminary clinical investigation of coblation-assisted functional endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi (2011) 0.75

[Low-temperature plasma assisted via mouth for surgery treating styloid process syndrome]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi (2012) 0.75

The Conundrum of "Warfarin Hypersensitivity": Prolonged Partial Thromboplastin Time From Factor IX Propeptide Mutation. Am J Ther (2016) 0.75

[Advances in treatment of congenital posterior choanal atresia]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi (2016) 0.75

[Coblation for benign hyperplasia of tongue base under endoscope]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi (2009) 0.75

1270: THE EFFECT OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN CONTINUITY OF CARE ON PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. Crit Care Med (2016) 0.75

[Clinical observation of coblation under endoscopy on epiglottis cyst]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi (2014) 0.75

Iridium-catalyzed allyl-allyl cross-coupling of allylic carbonates with (E)-1,3-diarylpropenes. Chem Commun (Camb) (2015) 0.75

[EFFECTIVENESS OF POSTERIOR UNILATERAL TRANSPEDICULAR DEBRIDEMENT, BONE GRAFT FUSION, AND PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION FOR THORACOLUMBAL TUBERCULOSIS]. Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi (2015) 0.75

[Expression of BDNF and trk B in the cochleas of the aged rats]. Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi (2006) 0.75

[Revaluvation of UPPP and the pharynx in patients with snoring anatomy]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi (2015) 0.75

[Coblation-channelling for the tongue]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi (2014) 0.75

Asymmetric tandem reactions of N-sulfonylimines and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes: an alternative reaction pathway to that of using saturated aldehydes. Chem Commun (Camb) (2014) 0.75

[Investigation of reoperation after failure of UPPP]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi (2009) 0.75

Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic amination using easily accessible metallocenyl P,N-ligands. Org Biomol Chem (2015) 0.75

Asymmetric domino reaction of cyclic N-sulfonylimines and simple aldehydes with trans-perhydroindolic acid as an organocatalyst. Org Lett (2014) 0.75

Brain natriuretic peptide, systolic and diastolic blood pressures. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad (2009) 0.75