Survival of pancreatic cancer cells lacking KRAS function

Pancreatic cancer cells may develop resistance to KRAS inhibitors due to activation of compensatory pathways. In this study, the authors demonstrate that KRAS is dispensable in a subset of pancreatic cancer and that PI3K signalling may have an important role in mediating tumor growth following KRAS...

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Main Authors: Mandar Deepak Muzumdar, Pan-Yu Chen, Kimberly Judith Dorans, Katherine Minjee Chung, Arjun Bhutkar, Erin Hong, Elisa M. Noll, Martin R. Sprick, Andreas Trumpp, Tyler Jacks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00942-5