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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Cristina Montero-Conde
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-37441 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cancer discovery 20130129 5
The RAF inhibitor vemurafenib (PLX4032) increases survival in patients with BRAF-mutant metastatic melanoma, but has limited efficacy in patients with colorectal cancers. Thyroid cancer cells are also comparatively refractory to RAF inhibitors. In contrast to melanomas, inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling by PLX4032 is transient in thyroid and colorectal cancer cells. The rebound in extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in thyroid cells is accompanied by increas ...[more]