www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/ Oncotarget, Vol. 6, No. 27 Molecular spectrum of BRAF, NRAS and KRAS gene mutations in plasma cell dyscrasias: implication for MEK-ERK pathway activation Marta Lionetti1, Marzia Barbieri2, Katia Todoerti3, Luca Agnelli1, Simona Marzorati1, Sonia Fabris2, Gabriella Ciceri1, Serena Galletti1, Giulia Milesi2, Martina Manzoni1, Mara Mazzoni4, Angela Greco4, Giovanni Tonon5, Pellegrino Musto3, Luca Baldini1,2 and Antonino Neri1,2 1 Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy 2 Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy 3 Laboratory of Pre-Clinical and Translational Research, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture, Potenza, Italy 4 Molecular Mechanism Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy 5 Functional Genomics of Cancer Unit, Division of Experimental Oncology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy Correspondence to: Antonino Neri, email:
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[email protected] Keywords: multiple myeloma, plasma cell leukemia, RAS, BRAF, next generation sequencing Received: April 17, 2015 Accepted: May 31, 2015 Published: June 10, 2015 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author