Prospects of targeting PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in pancreatic cancer

M Mortazavi, F Moosavi, M Martini, E Giovannetti… - Critical reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the worst prognoses among all
malignancies. PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway, a main downstream effector of KRAS is …

Chromatin mobility and relocation in DNA repair

N Lamm, S Rogers, AJ Cesare - Trends in cell biology, 2021 - cell.com
The nucleus is a dynamic environment containing chromatin, membraneless organelles,
and specialized molecular structures at the nuclear membrane. Within the spectrum of DNA …

Nuclear F-actin counteracts nuclear deformation and promotes fork repair during replication stress

N Lamm, MN Read, M Nobis, D Van Ly, SG Page… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Filamentous actin (F-actin) provides cells with mechanical support and promotes the mobility
of intracellular structures. Although F-actin is traditionally considered to be cytoplasmic, here …

Multiplexed and reproducible high content screening of live and fixed cells using Dye Drop

CE Mills, K Subramanian, M Hafner, M Niepel… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
High-throughput measurement of cells perturbed using libraries of small molecules, gene
knockouts, or different microenvironmental factors is a key step in functional genomics and …

Inhibition of nuclear pore complex formation selectively induces cancer cell death

S Sakuma, M Raices, J Borlido, V Guglielmi, EYS Zhu… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Nuclear pore complexes (NPC) are the central mediators of nucleocytoplasmic transport.
Increasing evidence shows that many cancer cells have increased numbers of NPCs and …

Targeting the PI3K pathway and DNA damage response as a therapeutic strategy in ovarian cancer

TT Huang, EJ Lampert, C Coots, JM Lee - Cancer treatment reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy worldwide although exponential
progress has been made in its treatment over the last decade. New agents and novel …

TOR complex 1 negatively regulates NDR kinase Cbk1 to control cell separation in budding yeast

M Foltman, I Mendez, JJ Bech-Serra, C De La Torre… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The target of rapamycin (TOR) signalling pathway plays a key role in the coordination
between cellular growth and the cell cycle machinery in eukaryotes. The underlying …

Dual mTOR/DNA-PK inhibitor CC-115 induces cell death in melanoma cells and has radiosensitizing potential

F Bürkel, T Jost, M Hecht, L Heinzerling… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
CC-115 is a dual inhibitor of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinase and the
DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) that is currently being studied in phase I/II clinical …

Polyploidy and mTOR signaling: a possible molecular link

D Choudhury, D Ghosh, M Mondal, D Singha… - Cell Communication and …, 2024 - Springer
Polyploidy is typically described as the condition wherein a cell or organism has more than
two complete sets of chromosomes. Occurrence of polyploidy is a naturally occurring …

Methylation of NRN1 is a novel synthetic lethal marker of PI3K‐Akt‐mTOR and ATR inhibitors in esophageal cancer

W Du, A Gao, JG Herman, L Wang, L Zhang… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Wnt, PI3K‐Akt‐mTOR, and NF‐κB pathways were reported to be involved in DNA
damage repair (DDR). DDR‐deficient cancers become critically dependent on backup DNA …