Endometrial cancer

F Amant, P Moerman, P Neven, D Timmerman… - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
Each year, endometrial cancer develops in about 142 000 women worldwide, and an
estimated 42 000 women die from this cancer. The typical age-incidence curve for …

PTEN: One Gene, Many Syndromes

C Eng - Human mutation, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract PTEN, on 10q23. 3, encodes a major lipid phosphatase which signals down the
phosphoinositol‐3‐kinase/Akt pathway and effects G1 cell cycle arrest and apoptosis …

Inhibition of cell migration, spreading, and focal adhesions by tumor suppressor PTEN

M Tamura, J Gu, K Matsumoto, S Aota, R Parsons… - Science, 1998 - science.org
The tumor suppressor PTEN is a phosphatase with sequence similarity to the cytoskeletal
protein tensin. Here the cellular roles of PTEN were investigated. Overexpression of PTEN …

Mutation of Pten/Mmac1 in mice causes neoplasia in multiple organ systems

K Podsypanina, LH Ellenson… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Pten/Mmac1+/− heterozygous mice exhibited neoplasms in multiple organs including the
endometrium, liver, prostate, gastrointestinal tract, thyroid, and thymus. Loss of the wild-type …

PTEN deficiency in endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinomas predicts sensitivity to PARP inhibitors

KJ Dedes, D Wetterskog, AM Mendes-Pereira… - Science translational …, 2010 - science.org
PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog) loss of function is the most common genetic
aberration in endometrioid endometrial carcinomas. In addition to its well-described role in …

Molecular and pathologic aspects of endometrial carcinogenesis

JL Hecht, GL Mutter - Journal of clinical oncology, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy, with 41,000 new cases
projected in the United States for 2006. Two different clinicopathologic subtypes are …

Nuclear transport and cancer: from mechanism to intervention

TR Kau, JC Way, PA Silver - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2004 - nature.com
Nuclear-cytoplasmic transport, which occurs through special structures called nuclear pores,
is an important aspect of normal cell function, and defects in this process have been …

Regulation of G1 progression by the PTEN tumor suppressor protein is linked to inhibition of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway

S Ramaswamy, N Nakamura… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
PTEN/MMAC1 is a tumor suppressor gene located on chromosome 10q23. Inherited
PTEN/MMAC1 mutations are associated with a cancer predisposition syndrome known as …

PTEN Alterations and Their Role in Cancer Management: Are We Making Headway on Precision Medicine?

N Fusco, E Sajjadi, K Venetis, G Gaudioso, G Lopez… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alterations in the tumor suppressor phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) occur in a
substantial proportion of solid tumors. These events drive tumorigenesis and tumor …

Definition of microRNAs That Repress Expression of the Tumor Suppressor Gene FOXO1 in Endometrial Cancer

SS Myatt, J Wang, LJ Monteiro, M Christian, KK Ho… - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Endometrial cancer is the most common malignancy of the lower female reproductive tract.
The tumor suppressor FOXO1 is downregulated in endometrial cancer compared with …