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[[Image:Screen Shot 2023-04-16 at 7.30.09 PM.jpeg|650px|thumb|<font size="2"><div style="text-align: center;">'''Figure 1'''. Schematic representation of RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathway after assembly of SHOC2-PP1C-MRAS complex. </div></font>]]
[[Image:Screen Shot 2023-04-16 at 7.30.09 PM.jpeg|650px|thumb|<font size="2"><div style="text-align: center;">'''Figure 1'''. Schematic representation of RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathway after assembly of SHOC2-PP1C-MRAS complex. </div></font>]]


After activation via an extracellular growth factor, the RAS-GTPase enzyme binds GTP, which recruits RAF to the cell membrane. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6311149/#:~:text=Full%20activation%20of%20Raf%20requires,plasma%20membrane%20(Roy%20et%20al RAF ]<Ref name='Molina'>Molina JR, Adjei AA. The Ras/Raf/MAPK pathway. J Thorac Oncol. 2006 Jan;1(1):7-9. [https://doi.org/10.1016/S1556-0864(15)31506-9. DOI:10.1016/S1556-0864(15)31506-9]. </Ref> is a kinase that stimulates a signaling cascade by phosphorylation of MAPK (also known as MEK in mammals), which activates downstream proteins such as ERK1 and ERK2. ERK1 and ERK2 subsequently activate nuclear transcription factors and kinases, as seen in Figure 1. The RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathway is a critical signaling cascade for activating transcription factors and regulating gene expression<Ref name='Li'>Li, L., Zhao, G. D., Shi, Z. et. al.The Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK signaling pathway (Figure 1) and its role in the occurrence and development of HCC. Oncology letters, 12(5), 3045–3050. [https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.5110. DOI:10.3892/ol.2016.5110]. </Ref>.  
After activation via an extracellular growth factor, the RAS-GTPase enzyme binds GTP, which recruits RAF to the cell membrane. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6311149/#:~:text=Full%20activation%20of%20Raf%20requires,plasma%20membrane%20(Roy%20et%20al RAF ]is a kinase that stimulates a signaling cascade by phosphorylation of MAPK (also known as MEK in mammals), which activates downstream proteins such as ERK1 and ERK2<Ref name='Molina'>Molina JR, Adjei AA. The Ras/Raf/MAPK pathway. J Thorac Oncol. 2006 Jan;1(1):7-9. [https://doi.org/10.1016/S1556-0864(15)31506-9. DOI:10.1016/S1556-0864(15)31506-9]. </Ref>. ERK1 and ERK2 subsequently activate nuclear transcription factors and kinases, as seen in Figure 1. The RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathway is a critical signaling cascade for activating transcription factors and regulating gene expression<Ref name='Li'>Li, L., Zhao, G. D., Shi, Z. et. al.The Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK signaling pathway (Figure 1) and its role in the occurrence and development of HCC. Oncology letters, 12(5), 3045–3050. [https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.5110. DOI:10.3892/ol.2016.5110]. </Ref>.