Attacking the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway for targeted therapeutic treatment in human cancer

L Yu, J Wei, P Liu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is the second leading cause of human death globally. PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling is
one of the most frequently dysregulated signaling pathways observed in cancer patients that …

Metabolic waypoints during T cell differentiation

D Wilfahrt, GM Delgoffe - Nature Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
This Review explores the interplay between T cell activation and cell metabolism and
highlights how metabolites serve two pivotal functions in shaping the immune response …

Rapamycin attenuated zinc-induced tau phosphorylation and oxidative stress in rats: Involvement of dual mTOR/p70S6K and Nrf2/HO-1 pathways

C Lai, Z Chen, Y Ding, Q Chen, S Su, H Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease is pathologically characterized by abnormal accumulation of amyloid-
beta plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and …

Melatonin effect on breast and ovarian cancers by targeting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway

V Pourbarkhordar, S Rahmani, A Roohbakhsh… - IUBMB …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin, the hormone of the pineal gland, possesses a range of physiological functions,
and recently, its anticancer effect has become more apparent. A more thorough …

mTOR in metabolic homeostasis and disease

X Liu, B Guo, Q Li, J Nie - Experimental Cell Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The ability to maintain cellular metabolic homeostasis is critical to life, in which mTOR plays
an important role. This kinase integrates upstream nutrient signals and performs essential …

mTOR signaling network in cell biology and human disease

JJ Yu, EA Goncharova - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine/threonine protein kinase that
regulates multiple processes, including gene transcription, protein synthesis, ribosome …

Autophagy signaling by neural-induced human adipose tissue-derived stem cell-conditioned medium during rotenone-induced toxicity in SH-SY5Y cells

M Ramalingam, HS Jeong, J Hwang, HH Cho… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rotenone (ROT) inhibits mitochondrial complex I, leading to reactive oxygen species
formation, which causes neurodegeneration and alpha-synuclein (α-syn) aggregation and …

Modulating the ubiquitin–proteasome system: a therapeutic strategy for autoimmune diseases

D Yadav, JY Lee, N Puranik, PS Chauhan, V Chavda… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune, neurodegenerative disease associated with the
central nervous system (CNS). Autoimmunity is caused by an abnormal immune response to …

Fundamental clock of biological aging: convergence of molecular, neurodegenerative, cognitive and psychiatric pathways: non-equilibrium thermodynamics meet …

VV Dyakin, NV Dyakina-Fagnano, LB Mcintire… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In humans, age-associated degrading changes, widely observed in molecular and cellular
processes underly the time-dependent decline in spatial navigation, time perception …

Human cytomegalovirus modulates mTORC1 to redirect mRNA translation within quiescently infected monocytes

MJ Miller, D Akter, J Mahmud, GC Chan - Journal of Virology, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) utilizes peripheral blood monocytes as a means to
systemically disseminate throughout the host. Following viral entry, HCMV stimulates non …