Associated Genetic Biomarkers
Associated Diseases
Associated Pathways

Overview

Location [1]
12p12.1
Pathway
MAP kinase signaling
Synonyms [1]
KI-RAS, c-Ki-ras2, OES, NS3, K-RAS4B, c-Ki-ras, CFC2, KRAS2, KRAS1, C-K-RAS, RASK2, K-Ras, 'C-K-RAS, K-RAS4A, K-RAS2A, NS, RALD, "K-Ras 2", K-RAS2B

KRAS (Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog) encodes for the GTPase KRas protein, one of three human RAS proteins. RAS proteins are small GTPases that are central mediators downstream of growth factor receptor signaling and therefore critical for cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. KRAS is implicated in the pathogenesis of several cancers.

Biomarker-Directed Therapies

Significance of KRAS in Diseases

Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Malignant Solid Tumor +

Colorectal Carcinoma +

Acute Myeloid Leukemia +

Colorectal Adenocarcinoma +

Melanoma +

Pancreatic Carcinoma +

Breast Carcinoma +

Myelodysplastic Syndromes +

Ovarian Carcinoma +

Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia +

Lung Adenocarcinoma +

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma +

Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma +

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma +

Cancer +

Endometrial Carcinoma +

Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Multiple Myeloma +

Bladder Carcinoma +

Esophageal Carcinoma +

Hepatocellular Carcinoma +

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia +

Cholangiocarcinoma +

Colon Carcinoma +

Gastric Carcinoma +

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor +

Glioblastoma +

Glioma +

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 +

Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Prostate Carcinoma +

Renal Cell Carcinoma +

Thyroid Gland Carcinoma +

Adenocarcinoma Of The Gastroesophageal Junction +

Ampulla Of Vater Carcinoma +

Cutaneous Melanoma +

Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma +

Head And Neck Carcinoma +

Histiocytic And Dendritic Cell Neoplasm +

Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia +

Low Grade Glioma +

Low Grade Ovarian Serous Adenocarcinoma +

Lymphoma +

Myelodysplastic Syndrome With Excess Blasts-2 +

Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma +

Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia +

Small Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Therapy-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia +

Thyroid Gland Undifferentiated (Anaplastic) Carcinoma +

Urothelial Carcinoma +

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Arising From Previous Myelodysplastic Syndrome +

Adenocarcinoma +

Adenosquamous Lung Carcinoma +

Anal Canal Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Anaplastic Astrocytoma +

Astrocytic Tumor +

B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia +

Biliary Tract Carcinoma +

Breast Adenocarcinoma +

Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Chordoma +

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia +

Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma +

Diffuse Glioma +

Double-Hit Lymphoma +

Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor +

Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma +

Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Gallbladder Carcinoma +

Gangliocytoma +

Ganglioglioma +

Gastric Adenocarcinoma +

Germ Cell Tumor +

High Grade Ovarian Serous Adenocarcinoma +

Kidney Carcinoma +

Low-Grade Neuroepithelial Tumor, NOS +

Lung Carcinoma +

Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm +

Malignant Esophagogastric Neoplasm +

Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm +

Malignant Gastric Neoplasm +

Malignant Intestinal Neoplasm +

Malignant Ovarian Epithelial Tumor +

Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor +

Malignant Small Intestinal Neoplasm +

Malignant Testicular Neoplasm +

Mantle Cell Lymphoma +

Mesothelioma +

Mucosal Melanoma +

Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasm, Unclassifiable +

Myeloid Neoplasm +

Neuroblastoma +

Neuronal And Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors +

Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma +

Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma +

Peritoneal Mesothelioma +

Pilocytic Astrocytoma +

Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma +

Pleural Mesothelioma +

Primary Peritoneal Low Grade Serous Adenocarcinoma +

Rectal Carcinoma +

Refractory Anemia With Excess Blasts +

Rhabdoid Tumor +

Sarcoma +

Schwannoma +

Soft Tissue Sarcoma +

Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia +

Therapy-Related Myelodysplastic Syndrome +

Thymic Carcinoma +

Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma +

Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma +

Uveal Melanoma +

References

1. Hart R and Prlic A. Universal Transcript Archive Repository. Version uta_20180821. San Francisco CA: Github;2015. https://github.com/biocommons/uta

2. The UniProt Consortium. UniProt: a worldwide hub of protein knowledge. Nucleic Acids Research. 2019;47:D506-D515.

3. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

4. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.