Targeting autophagy in cancer: recent advances and future directions

RK Amaravadi, AC Kimmelman, J Debnath - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
Autophagy, a multistep lysosomal degradation pathway that supports nutrient recycling and
metabolic adaptation, has been implicated as a process that regulates cancer. Although …

mTOR as a central hub of nutrient signalling and cell growth

J Kim, KL Guan - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
The highly conserved protein kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR; originally
known as mammalian target of rapamycin) is a central cell growth regulator connecting …

Targeting the biology of aging with mTOR inhibitors

JB Mannick, DW Lamming - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
Inhibition of the protein kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) with the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapeutic rapamycin promotes health and longevity …

Amino acid-dependent control of mTORC1 signaling: a variety of regulatory modes

T Takahara, Y Amemiya, R Sugiyama, M Maki… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is an essential regulator of cell
growth and metabolism through the modulation of protein and lipid synthesis, lysosome …

Arginine signaling and cancer metabolism

CL Chen, SC Hsu, DK Ann, Y Yen, HJ Kung - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this review, we describe arginine's role as a signaling metabolite,
epigenetic regulator and mitochondrial modulator in cancer cells, and summarize recent …

Proliferation, survival and metabolism: the role of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling in pluripotency and cell fate determination

JSL Yu, W Cui - Development, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Phosphatidylinositide 3 kinases (PI3Ks) and their downstream mediators AKT and
mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) constitute the core components of the …

mTORC1 as the main gateway to autophagy

Y Rabanal-Ruiz, EG Otten… - Essays in biochemistry, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Cells and organisms must coordinate their metabolic activity with changes in their
environment to ensure their growth only when conditions are favourable. In order to maintain …

mTOR as regulator of lifespan, aging, and cellular senescence: a mini-review

T Weichhart - Gerontology, 2018 - karger.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) network is an evolutionary conserved signaling
hub that senses and integrates environmental and intracellular nutrient and growth factor …

Molecular regulation of autophagy machinery by mTOR‐dependent and‐independent pathways

MAA Al‐Bari, P Xu - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Macroautophagy is a lysosomal degradative pathway or recycling process that maintains
cellular homeostasis. This autophagy involves a series of sequential processing events …

Amino acid transporters revisited: New views in health and disease

P Kandasamy, G Gyimesi, Y Kanai… - Trends in biochemical …, 2018 - cell.com
Amino acid transporters (AATs) are membrane-bound transport proteins that mediate
transfer of amino acids into and out of cells or cellular organelles. AATs have diverse …