The PP242 mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor activates extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in multiple myeloma cells via a target of rapamycin …

B Hoang, A Benavides, Y Shi, Y Yang, P Frost… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Activation of PI3-K-AKT and ERK pathways is a complication of mTOR inhibitor therapy.
Newer mTOR inhibitors (like pp242) can overcome feedback activation of AKT in multiple …

The mammalian target of rapamycin pathway as a therapeutic target in multiple myeloma

J Gera, A Lichtenstein - Leukemia & lymphoma, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is centrally located, linking proximal oncogenic
cascades to critical downstream pathways that drive tumor growth. mTOR regulates such …

Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors activate the AKT kinase in multiple myeloma cells by up-regulating the insulin-like growth factor receptor/insulin receptor …

Y Shi, H Yan, P Frost, J Gera, A Lichtenstein - Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2005 - AACR
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors, such as rapamycin and CCI-779, have
shown preclinical potential as therapy for multiple myeloma. By inhibiting expression of cell …

Defining the role of TORC1/2 in multiple myeloma

P Maiso, Y Liu, B Morgan, AK Azab… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a downstream serine/threonine kinase of the
PI3K/Akt pathway that integrates signals from the tumor microenvironment to regulate …

Combination of the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin and CC-5013 has synergistic activity in multiple myeloma

N Raje, S Kumar, T Hideshima, K Ishitsuka, D Chauhan… - Blood, 2004 - ashpublications.org
Previous studies have demonstrated the in vitro and in vivo activity of CC-5013 (Revlimid),
an immunomodulatory analog (IMiD) of thalidomide, in multiple myeloma (MM). In the …

SC06, a novel small molecule compound, displays preclinical activity against multiple myeloma by disrupting the mTOR signaling pathway

K Han, X Xu, Z Xu, G Chen, Y Zeng, Z Zhang, B Cao… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is extensively involved in multiple myeloma
(MM) pathophysiology. In the present study, we reported a novel small molecule SC06 that …

Delineating the mTOR kinase pathway using a dual TORC1/2 inhibitor, AZD8055, in multiple myeloma

D Cirstea, L Santo, T Hideshima, H Eda… - Molecular cancer …, 2014 - AACR
Despite promising preclinical results with mTOR kinase inhibitors in multiple myeloma,
resistance to these drugs may arise via feedback activation loops. This concern is especially …

The mTOR signaling pathway is an emerging therapeutic target in multiple myeloma

J Li, J Zhu, B Cao, X Mao - Current pharmaceutical design, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a PI3K-related serine/threonine kinase and
plays a critical role in modulating proliferation, growth, survival, invasion and …

Anti-myeloma activity of Akt inhibition is linked to the activation status of PI3K/Akt and MEK/ERK pathway

V Ramakrishnan, T Kimlinger, J Haug, U Painuly… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The PI3K/Akt/mTOR signal transduction pathway plays a central role in multiple myeloma
(MM) disease progression and development of therapeutic resistance. mTORC1 inhibitors …

AKT activity regulates the ability of mTOR inhibitors to prevent angiogenesis and VEGF expression in multiple myeloma cells

P Frost, Y Shi, B Hoang, A Lichtenstein - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
We recently demonstrated that the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, CCI-
779, curtailed the growth of a subcutaneous challenge of multiple myeloma (MM) cells in …