An Expanded Tool Kit for Modeling the Oncogenic Functions of KRAS

Cancer Discov. 2020 Nov;10(11):1626-1628. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-20-1221.

Abstract

Zafra and colleagues developed new mouse models to study the role of specific KRAS mutations in pancreatic, lung, and colon cancer pathogenesis. Their studies clearly describe the distinct ability of these mutations to drive pathogenesis in a tissue-specific fashion.See related article by Zafra et al., p. 1654.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carcinogenesis
  • Genes, ras
  • Mice
  • Mutation
  • Oncogenes*
  • Phenotype
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)* / genetics

Substances

  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)