Targeting Akt in cancer for precision therapy

H Hua, H Zhang, J Chen, J Wang, J Liu… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Biomarkers-guided precision therapeutics has revolutionized the clinical development and
administration of molecular-targeted anticancer agents. Tailored precision cancer therapy …

Akt in cancer: Mediator and more

S Revathidevi, AK Munirajan - Seminars in cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Akt is a serine/threonine kinase and it participates in the key role of the PI3K signaling
pathway. The Akt can be activated by a wide range of growth signals and the biochemical …

Akt inhibitors in cancer treatment: The long journey from drug discovery to clinical use

GM Nitulescu, D Margina… - International …, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
Targeted cancer therapies are used to inhibit the growth, progression, and metastasis of the
tumor by interfering with specific molecular targets and are currently the focus of anticancer …

The PI3K pathway as drug target in human cancer

KD Courtney, RB Corcoran… - Journal of clinical oncology, 2010 - ascopubs.org
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling axis impacts on cancer cell growth,
survival, motility, and metabolism. This pathway is activated by several different mechanisms …

The RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK and the PI3K/AKT signalling pathways: role in cancer pathogenesis and implications for therapeutic approaches

A De Luca, MR Maiello, A D'Alessio… - Expert opinion on …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The RAS/RAF/MAP kinase–ERK kinase (MEK)/extracellular-signal-regulated
kinase (ERK)(MAPK) and the PI3K/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)(PI3K) …

High Frequency of PIK3R1 and PIK3R2 Mutations in Endometrial Cancer Elucidates a Novel Mechanism for Regulation of PTEN Protein Stability

LWT Cheung, BT Hennessy, J Li, S Yu, AP Myers… - Cancer discovery, 2011 - AACR
We demonstrate that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway aberrations occur in>
80% of endometrioid endometrial cancers, with coordinate mutations of multiple PI3K …

The PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway as a therapeutic target in endometrial cancer

BM Slomovitz, RL Coleman - Clinical Cancer Research, 2012 - AACR
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy in the United States.
Overactivation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, a signaling pathway that plays an important …

Metabolic reprogramming by the PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway in cancer

EC Lien, CA Lyssiotis, LC Cantley - Metabolism in Cancer, 2016 - Springer
In the past decade, there has been a resurgence of interest in elucidating how metabolism is
altered in cancer cells and how such dependencies can be targeted for therapeutic gain. At …

Whole-exome sequencing combined with functional genomics reveals novel candidate driver cancer genes in endometrial cancer

H Liang, LWT Cheung, J Li, Z Ju, S Yu… - Genome …, 2012 - genome.cshlp.org
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy, with more than 280,000
cases occurring annually worldwide. Although previous studies have identified important …

Akt: A potential drug target for metabolic syndrome

R Miao, X Fang, J Wei, H Wu, X Wang… - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The serine/threonine kinase Akt, also known as protein kinase B (PKB), is one of the key
factors regulating glucose and lipid energy metabolism, and is the core focus of current …