Role of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway in ovarian cancer: Biological and therapeutic significance

MK Ediriweera, KH Tennekoon… - Seminars in cancer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ovarian cancer (OC) is a lethal gynecological cancer. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
(PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway plays an important …

Oncogenic PI3K deregulates transcription and translation

AG Bader, S Kang, L Zhao, PK Vogt - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2005 - nature.com
There have long been indications of a role for PI3K (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase) in cancer
pathogenesis. Experimental data document a requirement for deregulation of both …

Class I PI3K in oncogenic cellular transformation

L Zhao, PK Vogt - Oncogene, 2008 - nature.com
Class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) is a dimeric enzyme, consisting of a catalytic and a
regulatory subunit. The catalytic subunit occurs in four isoforms designated as p110α …

Frequent activating mutations of PIK3CA in ovarian clear cell carcinoma

KT Kuo, TL Mao, S Jones, E Veras, A Ayhan… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) is one of the most malignant types of ovarian
carcinomas, particularly at advanced stages. Unlike the more common type of ovarian …

The structure of a human p110α/p85α complex elucidates the effects of oncogenic PI3Kα mutations

CH Huang, D Mandelker, O Schmidt-Kittler, Y Samuels… - Science, 2007 - science.org
PIK3CA, one of the two most frequently mutated oncogenes in human tumors, codes for
p110α, the catalytic subunit of a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, isoform α (PI3Kα …

Oncogenic mutations of PIK3CA in human cancers

Y Samuels, T Waldman - Phosphoinositide 3-kinase in Health and …, 2011 - Springer
The involvement of the PIK3CA gene product p110α, the catalytic subunit of
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), in human cancer has been suggested for over 15 …

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 …

Helical domain and kinase domain mutations in p110α of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase induce gain of function by different mechanisms

L Zhao, PK Vogt - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling pathway is up-regulated in cancer.
PIK3CA, the gene coding for the catalytic subunit p110α of PI3K, is mutated in≈ 30% of …

Cancer-specific mutations in PIK3CA are oncogenic in vivo

AG Bader, S Kang, PK Vogt - Proceedings of the National …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
The PIK3CA gene, coding for the catalytic subunit p110α of class IA phosphatidylinositol 3-
kinases (PI3Ks), is frequently mutated in human cancer. Mutated p110α proteins show a …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of mutations in Wnt/β-catenin, hedgehog, Notch and PI3K pathways on GSK-3 activity—Diverse effects on cell growth, metabolism and cancer

JA McCubrey, D Rakus, A Gizak, LS Steelman… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a serine/threonine kinase that participates
in an array of critical cellular processes. GSK-3 was first characterized as an enzyme that …