AKT as a therapeutic target for cancer

M Song, AM Bode, Z Dong, MH Lee - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Many cellular processes in cancer are attributed to kinase signaling networks. V-akt murine
thymoma viral oncogene homolog (AKT) plays a major role in the PI3K/AKT signaling …

AKT signaling in regulating angiogenesis

BH Jiang, LZ Liu - Current cancer drug targets, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
AKT is a central signaling molecule in regulating cell survival, proliferation, tumor growth
and angiogenesis. Upstream components of AKT signaling pathway such as PI3K, PTEN …

The Akt signaling pathway: an emerging therapeutic target in malignant melanoma

SRV Madhunapantula, PJ Mosca… - Cancer biology & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Studies using cultured melanoma cells and patient tumor biopsies have demonstrated
deregulated PI3 kinase-Akt3 pathway activity in~ 70% of melanomas. Furthermore, targeting …

Posttranslational regulation of Akt in human cancer

CH Chan, U Jo, A Kohrman, AH Rezaeian, PC Chou… - Cell & bioscience, 2014 - Springer
Akt regulates critical cellular processes including cell survival and proliferation, glucose
metabolism, cell migration, cancer progression and metastasis through phosphorylation of a …

Targeting AKT/PKB to improve treatment outcomes for solid tumors

M Iida, PM Harari, DL Wheeler, M Toulany - … Research/Fundamental and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The serine/threonine kinase AKT, also known as protein kinase B (PKB), is the major
substrate to phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and consists of three paralogs: AKT1 (PKBα) …

Akt signaling and cancer: surviving but not moving on

A Toker, M Yoeli-Lerner - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
The frequent deregulation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt survival signaling pathway
in cancer has prompted significant interest in blocking this pathway to treat cancer. Recently …

AKT1, AKT2 and AKT3-dependent cell survival is cell line-specific and knockdown of all three isoforms selectively induces apoptosis in 20 human tumor cell lines

S Koseoglu, Z Lu, C Kumar, P Kirschmeier… - Cancer biology & …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
AKT is a key serine/threonine kinase in the PTEN/PI3K/AKT pathway1 and activation of AKT
is often observed in human cancers. To explore the role of AKT in cell survival in different …

Akt1 and Akt2: differentiating the aktion

L Heron-Milhavet, N Khouya, A Fernandez… - … Histopathology, vol. 26 …, 2011 - digitum.um.es
Kinases of the Akt family are integral and essential components in growth factor signaling
pathways activated downstream of the membrane bound phospho-inositol-3 kinase. In light …

Akt: a new activation mechanism

Y Gao, A Moten, HK Lin - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
Protein Kinase B (PKB), more commonly referred to as Akt, is a serine/threonine-specific
protein kinase. It is well established as a critical signaling node that regulates a myriad of …

Switching Akt: from survival signaling to deadly response

M Los, S Maddika, B Erb, K Schulze‐Osthoff - Bioessays, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Akt, a protein kinase hyperactivated in many tumors, plays a major role in both cell survival
and resistance to tumor therapy. A recent study, 1 along with other evidences, shows …