PTEN as a prognostic/predictive biomarker in cancer: an unfulfilled promise?

C Bazzichetto, F Conciatori, M Pallocca, I Falcone… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Identifying putative biomarkers of clinical outcomes in cancer is crucial for successful
enrichment, and for the selection of patients who are the most likely to benefit from a specific …

Human cancer, PTEN and the PI-3 kinase pathway

R Parsons - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2004 - Elsevier
The PI-3 kinase pathway is a major driving force for human cancer. One common way of
stimulating the PI-3 kinase pathway occurs through inactivation of the PTEN tumor …

Polo-like kinase 1 facilitates loss of Pten tumor suppressor-induced prostate cancer formation

XS Liu, B Song, BD Elzey, TL Ratliff… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Loss of the tumor suppressor Pten (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on
chromosome 10) is thought to mediate the majority of prostate cancers, but the molecular …

PTEN and GSK3β: key regulators of progression to androgen-independent prostate cancer

DJ Mulholland, S Dedhar, H Wu, CC Nelson - Oncogene, 2006 - nature.com
Prostate cancer (PrCa) is characterized by progression from an androgen-dependent
phenotype to one that is inevitably androgen independent (AI) and lethal. Recent evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced PTEN expression in breast cancer cells confers susceptibility to inhibitors of the PI3 kinase/Akt pathway

LA DeGraffenried, L Fulcher, WE Friedrichs… - Annals of oncology, 2004 - Elsevier
The PTEN protein is a lipid phosphatase with putative tumor suppressing abilities, including
inhibition of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. Inactivating mutations or deletions of the PTEN …

PTEN dual lipid-and protein-phosphatase function in tumor progression

A Liu, Y Zhu, W Chen, G Merlino, Y Yu - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) is a
multifunctional tumor suppressor with protein-and lipid-phosphatase activities. The …

PTEN loss as determined by clinical-grade immunohistochemistry assay is associated with worse recurrence-free survival in prostate cancer

TL Lotan, W Wei, CL Morais, ST Hawley, L Fazli… - European urology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background PTEN is the most commonly deleted tumor suppressor gene in primary prostate
cancer (PCa) and its loss is associated with poor clinical outcomes and ERG gene …

[HTML][HTML] Study of PTEN subcellular localization

A Bononi, P Pinton - Methods, 2015 - Elsevier
The tumor suppressor PTEN is a key regulator of a plethora of cellular processes that are
crucial in cancer development. Through its lipid phosphatase activity PTEN suppresses the …

Inhibition of PI3Kβ signaling with AZD8186 inhibits growth of PTEN-deficient breast and prostate tumors alone and in combination with docetaxel

U Hancox, S Cosulich, L Hanson, C Trigwell… - Molecular cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Loss of PTEN protein results in upregulation of the PI3K/AKT pathway, which appears
dependent on the PI3Kβ isoform. Inhibitors of PI3Kβ have potential to reduce growth of …

PTEN: from pathology to biology

ML Sulis, R Parsons - Trends in cell biology, 2003 - cell.com
The PTEN tumour suppressor gene is mutated frequently in many malignancies and its
importance in the development of cancer is probably underestimated. As the primary …