PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway in breast cancer: from molecular landscape to clinical aspects

D Miricescu, A Totan, II Stanescu-Spinu… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is a serious health problem worldwide, representing the second cause of
death through malignancies among women in developed countries. Population …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Roles of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling pathways in neurodegenerative diseases and tumours

F Xu, L Na, Y Li, L Chen - Cell & bioscience, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The PI3 K/AKT/mTOR signalling pathway plays an important role in the regulation of
signal transduction and biological processes such as cell proliferation, apoptosis …

Reduced synaptic activity and dysregulated extracellular matrix pathways in midbrain neurons from Parkinson's disease patients

S Stern, S Lau, A Manole, I Rosh, MM Percia… - npj Parkinson's …, 2022 - nature.com
Several mutations that cause Parkinson's disease (PD) have been identified over the past
decade. These account for 15–25% of PD cases; the rest of the cases are considered …

Control of the eIF4E activity: structural insights and pharmacological implications

A Romagnoli, M D'Agostino, C Ardiccioni… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
The central role of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) in controlling mRNA
translation has been clearly assessed in the last decades. eIF4E function is essential for …

SNARE regulatory proteins in synaptic vesicle fusion and recycling

CW Sauvola, JT Littleton - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Membrane fusion is a universal feature of eukaryotic protein trafficking and is mediated by
the soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) family …

Genetic inactivation of mTORC1 or mTORC2 in neurons reveals distinct functions in glutamatergic synaptic transmission

MP McCabe, ER Cullen, CM Barrows, AN Shore… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Although mTOR signaling is known as a broad regulator of cell growth and proliferation, in
neurons it regulates synaptic transmission, which is thought to be a major mechanism …

AKH-FOXO pathway regulates starvation-induced sleep loss through remodeling of the small ventral lateral neuron dorsal projections

Q He, J Du, L Wei, Z Zhao - PLoS Genetics, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Starvation caused by adverse feeding stresses or food shortages has been reported to result
in sleep loss in animals. However, how the starvation signal interacts with the central …

Juvenile hormone acts through FoxO to promote Cdc2 and Orc5 transcription for polyploidy-dependent vitellogenesis

Z Wu, Q He, B Zeng, H Zhou, S Zhou - Development, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Vitellogenin (Vg) is a prerequisite for egg production and embryonic development after
ovipositioning in oviparous animals. In many insects, juvenile hormone (JH) promotes fat …

Keeping neurons young and foxy: FoxOs promote neuronal plasticity

CN McLaughlin, HT Broihier - Trends in Genetics, 2018 - cell.com
Any adult who has tried to take up the piano or learn a new language is faced with the
sobering realization that acquiring such skills is more challenging as an adult than as a …

RNA-binding FMRP and Staufen sequentially regulate the Coracle scaffold to control synaptic glutamate receptor and bouton development

C Song, SN Leahy, EM Rushton, K Broadie - Development, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT Both mRNA-binding Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP; Fmr1) and
mRNA-binding Staufen regulate synaptic bouton formation and glutamate receptor (GluR) …