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Sensitivity to the MEK inhibitor E6201 in melanoma cells is associated with mutant BRAF and wildtype PTEN status

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Title
Sensitivity to the MEK inhibitor E6201 in melanoma cells is associated with mutant BRAF and wildtype PTEN status
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Molecular Cancer, October 2012
DOI 10.1186/1476-4598-11-75
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Sara A Byron, David C Loch, Candice L Wellens, Andreas Wortmann, Jiayi Wu, John Wang, Kenichi Nomoto, Pamela M Pollock

Abstract

Melanoma is the most lethal form of skin cancer, but recent advances in molecularly targeted agents against the Ras/Raf/MAPK pathway demonstrate promise as effective therapies. Despite these advances, resistance remains an issue, as illustrated recently by the clinical experience with vemurafenib. Such acquired resistance appears to be the result of parallel pathway activation, such as PI3K, to overcome single-agent inhibition. In this report, we describe the cytotoxicity and anti-tumour activity of the novel MEK inhibitor, E6201, in a broad panel of melanoma cell lines (n = 31) of known mutational profile in vitro and in vivo. We further test the effectiveness of combining E6201 with an inhibitor of PI3K (LY294002) in overcoming resistance in these cell lines.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 1 3%
Unknown 39 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 25%
Student > Master 9 23%
Researcher 9 23%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 5%
Lecturer 1 3%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 5 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 23%
Chemistry 2 5%
Physics and Astronomy 1 3%
Other 3 8%
Unknown 5 13%
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