Targeting PI3K/Akt signal transduction for cancer therapy

Y He, MM Sun, GG Zhang, J Yang, KS Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway plays a crucial role in various
cellular processes and is aberrantly activated in cancers, contributing to the occurrence and …

Reprogramming of fatty acid metabolism in cancer

N Koundouros, G Poulogiannis - British journal of cancer, 2020 - nature.com
A common feature of cancer cells is their ability to rewire their metabolism to sustain the
production of ATP and macromolecules needed for cell growth, division and survival. In …

PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry

X Sun, H Gao, Y Yang, M He, Y Wu, Y Song… - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
Although many kinds of therapies are applied in the clinic, drug-resistance is a major and
unavoidable problem. Another disturbing statistic is the limited number of drug targets, which …

The role of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma metabolism

LY Tian, DJ Smit, M Jücker - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in
the world. Metabolic reprogramming is considered a new hallmark of cancer, but it remains …

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 …

The relation between PI3K/AKT signalling pathway and cancer

S Noorolyai, N Shajari, E Baghbani, S Sadreddini… - Gene, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are crucial coordinators of intracellular
signalling in response to the extracellular stimulators. Hyperactivation of PI3K signalling …

AKT/PKB signaling: navigating the network

BD Manning, A Toker - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The Ser and Thr kinase AKT, also known as protein kinase B (PKB), was discovered 25
years ago and has been the focus of tens of thousands of studies in diverse fields of biology …

PI3K isoforms in cell signalling and vesicle trafficking

B Bilanges, Y Posor, B Vanhaesebroeck - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
PI3Ks are a family of lipid kinases that phosphorylate intracellular inositol lipids to regulate
signalling and intracellular vesicular traffic. Mammals have eight isoforms of PI3K, divided …

Proteogenomics connects somatic mutations to signalling in breast cancer

P Mertins, DR Mani, KV Ruggles, MA Gillette… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Somatic mutations have been extensively characterized in breast cancer, but the effects of
these genetic alterations on the proteomic landscape remain poorly understood. Here we …

Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt signaling and redox metabolism in cancer

N Koundouros, G Poulogiannis - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic rewiring and the consequent production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are
necessary to promote tumorigenesis. At the nexus of these cellular processes is the aberrant …