BRAF mutation associated with other genetic events identifies a subset of aggressive papillary thyroid carcinoma

AM Costa, A Herrero, MF Fresno… - Clinical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Purpose BRAF V600E mutation represents the most common oncogenic event in
sporadic papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). There are, however, significant discrepancies …

[HTML][HTML] The favorable impact of PIK3CA mutations on survival: an analysis of 2587 patients with breast cancer

AG Dumont, SN Dumont, JC Trent - Chinese journal of cancer, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) pathway regulates a number of cellular
processes, including cell survival, cell growth, and cell cycle progression. Consequently, this …

PIK3CA gene mutations and amplifications in uterine cancers, identified by methods that avoid confounding by PIK3CA pseudogene sequences

T Miyake, K Yoshino, T Enomoto, T Takata, H Ugaki… - Cancer letters, 2008 - Elsevier
PIK3CA codes for a Class IA p110-alpha catalytic subunit of the PI3Ks (phosphatidylinositol
3-kinases) that regulate various signaling pathways important for neoplasia, including cell …

Double PIK3CA mutations in cis increase oncogenicity and sensitivity to PI3Kα inhibitors

N Vasan, P Razavi, JL Johnson, H Shao, H Shah… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Activating mutations in PIK3CA are frequent in human breast cancer, and phosphoinositide
3-kinase alpha (PI3Kα) inhibitors have been approved for therapy. To characterize …

The Akt-specific inhibitor MK2206 selectively inhibits thyroid cancer cells harboring mutations that can activate the PI3K/Akt pathway

R Liu, D Liu, E Trink, E Bojdani, G Ning… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Context: The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway is widely postulated to
be an effective therapeutic target in thyroid cancer. Objective: The aim of the study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Highly frequent PIK3CA amplification is associated with poor prognosis in gastric cancer

J Shi, D Yao, W Liu, N Wang, H Lv, G Zhang, M Ji, L Xu… - BMC cancer, 2012 - Springer
Background The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway plays a fundamental role in
cell proliferation and survival in human tumorigenesis, including gastric cancer. PIK3CA …

[HTML][HTML] PI3K signaling pathway is activated by PIK3CA mRNA overexpression and copy gain in prostate tumors, but PIK3CA, BRAF, KRAS and AKT1 mutations are …

L Agell, S Hernández, M Salido, S De Muga… - Modern …, 2011 - nature.com
Abstract The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)–AKT and RAS–MAPK pathways are
deregulated in a wide range of human cancers by gain or loss of function in several of their …

[HTML][HTML] Mutation of the PIK3CA oncogene in human cancers

B Karakas, KE Bachman, BH Park - British journal of cancer, 2006 - nature.com
It is now well established that cancer is a genetic disease and that somatic mutations of
oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes are the initiators of the carcinogenic process. The …

Oncogenic PI3K and its role in cancer

Y Samuels, K Ericson - Current opinion in oncology, 2006 - journals.lww.com
The PI3K signaling pathway is dysregulated by a variety of mechanisms in a large fraction of
human tumors. Both mutational and functional analyses have shown that PIK3CA is an …

Oncogenic activation of the PI3-kinase p110β isoform via the tumor-derived PIK3CβD1067V kinase domain mutation

E Pazarentzos, P Giannikopoulos, G Hrustanovic… - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Activation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway occurs widely in human cancers.
Although somatic mutations in the PI3K pathway genes PIK3CA and PTEN are known to …