Mutational profile of advanced primary and metastatic radioactive iodine-refractory thyroid cancers reveals distinct pathogenetic roles for BRAF, PIK3CA, and AKT1

JC Ricarte-Filho, M Ryder, DA Chitale, M Rivera… - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
Patients with poorly differentiated thyroid cancers (PDTC), anaplastic thyroid cancers (ATC),
and radioactive iodine-refractory (RAIR) differentiated thyroid cancers have a high mortality …

PIK3CA mutation is an oncogenic aberration at advanced stages of oral squamous cell carcinoma

K Kozaki, I Imoto, A Pimkhaokham… - Cancer …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinases (PI3K) are a group of heterodimeric lipid kinases that
regulate many cellular processes. Gene amplification and somatic mutations mainly within …

PIK3CA Mutations in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

W Qiu, F Schönleben, X Li, DJ Ho, LG Close… - Clinical cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: Recent studies have reported high frequencies of somatic mutations in the
phosphoinositide-3-kinase catalytic α (PIK3CA) gene in several human solid tumors …

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/akt and ras/raf-mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway mutations in anaplastic thyroid cancer

L Santarpia, AK El-Naggar, GJ Cote… - The Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Context: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) can occur in the setting of differentiated thyroid
carcinoma (DTC), which suggests a continuum in malignant progression from DTC to ATC …

Highly prevalent genetic alterations in receptor tyrosine kinases and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/akt and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways in anaplastic …

Z Liu, P Hou, M Ji, H Guan, K Studeman… - The Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Context: Genetic alterations in receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and phosphatidylinositol 3-
kinase (PI3K)/Akt and MAPK pathways have not been fully defined in anaplastic and …

Oncogenic mutations of the PIK3CA gene in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

AK Murugan, NT Hong, Y Fukui… - International …, 2008 - spandidos-publications.com
Abstract Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are heterodimeric lipid kinases that regulate
cellular activities such as proliferation, survival, motility and morphology. Recent studies …

PIK3CA mutations in human solid tumors: role in sensitivity to various therapeutic approaches

G Ligresti, L Militello, LS Steelman, A Cavallaro… - Cell cycle, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are a group of lipid kinases that regulate signaling
pathways involved in cell proliferation, adhesion, survival and motility. The PI3K pathway is …

[HTML][HTML] Analysing the mutational status of PIK3CA in circulating tumor cells from metastatic breast cancer patients

H Schneck, C Blassl, F Meier-Stiegen, RP Neves… - Molecular …, 2013 - Elsevier
The frequently altered phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway is
involved in the regulation of cellular processes required for breast carcinogenesis. The aim …

[HTML][HTML] PIK3CA exon 20 mutations are associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer patients

FR Mangone, IG Bobrovnitchaia, S Salaorni, E Manuli… - Clinics, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT axis is an important cell-signaling
pathway that mediates cell proliferation and survival, two biological processes that regulate …

PIK3CA mutations in advanced ovarian carcinomas

Y Wang, Å Helland, R Holm, GB Kristensen… - Human …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
PIK3CA belongs to the phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinases (PI3Ks) family, which play an
important role in proliferation, adherence, transformation and cell survival through the …