PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway and its role in cancer therapeutics: are we making headway?

Y Peng, Y Wang, C Zhou, W Mei, C Zeng - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a severe public health issue that is a leading cause of mortality globally. It is also
an impediment to improving life expectancy worldwide. Furthermore, the global burden of …

[HTML][HTML] EMT, cancer stem cells and autophagy; The three main axes of metastasis

G Babaei, SGG Aziz, NZZ Jaghi - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and Cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) are major
factors contributing to the metastasis of cancer cells. Consequently, the signaling pathways …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Roles of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling pathways in neurodegenerative diseases and tumours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

Targeting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway in lung cancer: an update regarding potential drugs and natural products

Iksen, S Pothongsrisit, V Pongrakhananon - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers and has a high mortality rate. Due to its
high incidence, the clinical management of the disease remains a major challenge. Several …

Association of the epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) with cisplatin resistance

M Ashrafizadeh, A Zarrabi, K Hushmandi… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Therapy resistance is a characteristic of cancer cells that significantly reduces the
effectiveness of drugs. Despite the popularity of cisplatin (CP) as a chemotherapeutic agent …

PI3K/AKT signaling pathway as a critical regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in colorectal tumor cells

A Maharati, M Moghbeli - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2023 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequent gastrointestinal malignancies that are
considered as a global health challenge. Despite many progresses in therapeutic methods …

Mex3a interacts with LAMA2 to promote lung adenocarcinoma metastasis via PI3K/AKT pathway

J Liang, H Li, J Han, J Jiang, J Wang, Y Li, Z Feng… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the main subtype of lung cancer. In this study, we found
that RBP Mex3a was significantly upregulated in LUAD tissues and elevated Mex3a …

Tumor metastasis: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic interventions

M Liu, J Yang, B Xu, X Zhang - MedComm, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer metastasis is responsible for the vast majority of cancer‐related deaths worldwide. In
contrast to numerous discoveries that reveal the detailed mechanisms leading to the …

Fatostatin induces ferroptosis through inhibition of the AKT/mTORC1/GPX4 signaling pathway in glioblastoma

J Cai, Z Ye, Y Hu, L Ye, L Gao, Y Wang, Q Sun… - Cell death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and fatal primary malignant central
nervous system tumor in adults. Although there are multiple treatments, the median survival …

The WNT/ROR pathway in cancer: from signaling to therapeutic intervention

K Menck, S Heinrichs, C Baden, A Bleckmann - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The WNT pathway is one of the major signaling cascades frequently deregulated in human
cancer. While research had initially focused on signal transduction centered on β-catenin as …