Signaling specificity in the Akt pathway in biology and disease

A Toker, S Marmiroli - Advances in biological regulation, 2014 - Elsevier
Akt/PKB is a key master regulator of a wide range of physiological functions including
metabolism, proliferation, survival, growth, angiogenesis and migration and invasion. The …

Roles for PI3K/AKT/PTEN pathway in cell signaling of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

S Matsuda, M Kobayashi… - International Scholarly …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common form of liver pathologies and is
associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome, which represents a range of fatty liver …

Tumor suppressors having oncogenic functions: the double agents

N Datta, S Chakraborty, M Basu, MK Ghosh - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer progression involves multiple genetic and epigenetic events, which involve gain-of-
functions of oncogenes and loss-of-functions of tumor suppressor genes. Classical tumor …

[HTML][HTML] The tumor suppressor PTEN interacts with p53 in hereditary cancer

A Nakanishi, Y Kitagishi… - … journal of oncology, 2014 - spandidos-publications.com
Numerous hereditary syndromes caused by mutations in multiple tumor suppressor genes
can cause cancers. Germline mutations in PTEN and p53 tumor suppressor cause Cowden …

Protein kinase CK2 in hematologic malignancies: reliance on a pivotal cell survival regulator by oncogenic signaling pathways

F Piazza, S Manni, M Ruzzene, LA Pinna, C Gurrieri… - Leukemia, 2012 - nature.com
CK2 is a multitask kinase whose role is essential for a countless number of cellular
processes, many of which are critical for blood cell development. A prevailing task for this …

Targeting casein kinase II restores Ikaros tumor suppressor activity and demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in high-risk leukemia

C Song, C Gowda, X Pan, Y Ding… - Blood, The Journal …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
Ikaros (IKZF1) is a tumor suppressor that binds DNA and regulates expression of its target
genes. The mechanism of Ikaros activity as a tumor suppressor and the regulation of Ikaros …

T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma and leukemia: different diseases from a common premalignant progenitor?

E Kroeze, JLC Loeffen, VM Poort… - Blood …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) and lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) represent
malignancies that arise from the transformation of immature precursor T cells. Similarities in …

Kinases, tails and more: regulation of PTEN function by phosphorylation

R Fragoso, JT Barata - Methods, 2015 - Elsevier
Phosphorylation regulates the conformation, stability, homo-and heterotypic protein
interactions, localization, and activity of the tumor suppressor PTEN. From a simple picture …

[HTML][HTML] Adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells display decreased PTEN activity and constitutive hyperactivation of PI3K/Akt pathway despite high PTEN …

AM Gomes, MVD Soares, P Ribeiro, J Caldas… - …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia remains a major therapeutic challenge, requiring
a better characterization of the molecular determinants underlying disease progression and …

Calpain-2-mediated PTEN degradation contributes to BDNF-induced stimulation of dendritic protein synthesis

V Briz, YT Hsu, Y Li, E Lee, X Bi… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Memory consolidation has been suggested to be protein synthesis dependent. Previous
data indicate that BDNF-induced dendritic protein synthesis is a key event in memory …