mTOR: Role in cancer, metastasis and drug resistance

AK Murugan - Seminars in cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine/threonine kinase that gets inputs from
the amino acids, nutrients, growth factor, and environmental cues to regulate varieties of …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular neurobiology of mTOR

K Switon, K Kotulska, A Janusz-Kaminska… - Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine-threonine kinase that
controls several important aspects of mammalian cell function. mTOR activity is modulated …

The ILAE consensus classification of focal cortical dysplasia: an update proposed by an ad hoc task force of the ILAE diagnostic methods commission

I Najm, D Lal, M Alonso Vanegas, F Cendes… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing challenges in diagnosing focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) mandate continuous
research and consensus agreement to improve disease definition and classification. An …

[HTML][HTML] Dissecting the genetic basis of focal cortical dysplasia: a large cohort study

S Baldassari, T Ribierre, E Marsan… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Genetic malformations of cortical development (MCDs), such as mild MCDs (mMCD), focal
cortical dysplasia (FCD), and hemimegalencephaly (HME), are major causes of severe …

[HTML][HTML] Somatic mutations activating the mTOR pathway in dorsal telencephalic progenitors cause a continuum of cortical dysplasias

AM D'Gama, MB Woodworth, AA Hossain, S Bizzotto… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and hemimegalencephaly (HME) are epileptogenic
neurodevelopmental malformations caused by mutations in mTOR pathway genes. Deep …

The mTOR signalling cascade: paving new roads to cure neurological disease

PB Crino - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2016 - nature.com
Defining the multiple roles of the mechanistic (formerly'mammalian') target of rapamycin
(mTOR) signalling pathway in neurological diseases has been an exciting and rapidly …

The landscape of somatic mutation in cerebral cortex of autistic and neurotypical individuals revealed by ultra-deep whole-genome sequencing

RE Rodin, Y Dou, M Kwon, MA Sherman… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We characterize the landscape of somatic mutations—mutations occurring after fertilization—
in the human brain using ultra-deep (~ 250×) whole-genome sequencing of prefrontal cortex …

Somatic overgrowth disorders of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway & therapeutic strategies

KM Keppler‐Noreuil, VER Parker… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The phosphatidylinositol‐3‐kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway plays an essential
role in regulation of normal cell growth, metabolism, and survival. Somatic activating …

Association of MTOR mutations with developmental brain disorders, including megalencephaly, focal cortical dysplasia, and pigmentary mosaicism

GM Mirzaa, CD Campbell, N Solovieff, CP Goold… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), hemimegalencephaly, and megalencephaly
constitute a spectrum of malformations of cortical development with shared neuropathologic …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic diagnosis for children with intellectual disability and/or developmental delay

KM Bowling, ML Thompson, MD Amaral, CR Finnila… - Genome medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Developmental disabilities have diverse genetic causes that must be identified
to facilitate precise diagnoses. We describe genomic data from 371 affected individuals, 309 …