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 …

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 …

mTORC1 and mTORC2 in cancer and the tumor microenvironment

LC Kim, RS Cook, J Chen - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a crucial signaling node that integrates
environmental cues to regulate cell survival, proliferation and metabolism, and is often …

[HTML][HTML] mTOR signaling in growth control and disease

M Laplante, DM Sabatini - cell, 2012 - cell.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway senses and integrates a
variety of environmental cues to regulate organismal growth and homeostasis. The pathway …

VEGFA and tumour angiogenesis

L Claesson‐Welsh, M Welsh - Journal of internal medicine, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this review we summarize the current understanding of signal transduction downstream of
vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) and its receptor VEGFR 2, and the relationship …

PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in angiogenesis

J Karar, A Maity - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2011 - frontiersin.org
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)
pathway is activated in the majority of human cancers. This pathway is known to play a key …

The critical role of Akt in cardiovascular function

P Abeyrathna, Y Su - Vascular pharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
Akt kinase, a member of AGC kinases, is important in many cellular functions including
proliferation, migration, cell growth and metabolism. There are three known Akt isoforms …

The mTOR signalling pathway in human cancer

H Pópulo, JM Lopes, P Soares - International journal of molecular …, 2012 - mdpi.com
The conserved serine/threonine kinase mTOR (the mammalian target of rapamycin), a
downstream effector of the PI3K/AKT pathway, forms two distinct multiprotein complexes …

Targeting the phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway in cancer

P Liu, H Cheng, TM Roberts, JJ Zhao - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2009 - nature.com
Abstract The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway is a key signal transduction system
that links oncogenes and multiple receptor classes to many essential cellular functions, and …

Angiogenesis and cardiac hypertrophy: maintenance of cardiac function and causative roles in heart failure

T Oka, H Akazawa, AT Naito, I Komuro - Circulation research, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac hypertrophy is an adaptive response to physiological and pathological overload. In
response to the overload, individual cardiac myocytes become mechanically stretched and …