Multifaceted role of mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling pathway in human health and disease

V Panwar, A Singh, M Bhatt, RK Tonk… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a protein kinase that controls cellular
metabolism, catabolism, immune responses, autophagy, survival, proliferation, and …

Targeting CDK4 and CDK6 in cancer

S Goel, JS Bergholz, JJ Zhao - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 are critical mediators of cellular
transition into S phase and are important for the initiation, growth and survival of many …

CDK4/6 inhibition in cancer: beyond cell cycle arrest

S Goel, MJ DeCristo, SS McAllister, JJ Zhao - Trends in cell biology, 2018 - cell.com
Pharmacologic inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) have recently
entered the therapeutic armamentarium of clinical oncologists, and show promising activity …

Translational control of stem cell function

JA Saba, K Liakath-Ali, R Green, FM Watt - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Stem cells are characterized by their ability to self-renew and differentiate into many different
cell types. Research has focused primarily on how these processes are regulated at a …

Cellular mechanisms underlying response and resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitors in the treatment of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

AC Watt, S Goel - Breast Cancer Research, 2022 - Springer
Pharmacological inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) are now an
established standard of care for patients with advanced hormone receptor-positive breast …

[HTML][HTML] Germinal center selection and affinity maturation require dynamic regulation of mTORC1 kinase

J Ersching, A Efeyan, L Mesin, JT Jacobsen, G Pasqual… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
During antibody affinity maturation, germinal center (GC) B cells cycle between affinity-
driven selection in the light zone (LZ) and proliferation and somatic hypermutation in the …

Regulation and function of ribosomal protein S6 kinase (S6K) within mTOR signalling networks

B Magnuson, B Ekim, DC Fingar - Biochemical Journal, 2012 - portlandpress.com
The ribosomal protein S6K (S6 kinase) represents an extensively studied effector of the
TORC1 [TOR (target of rapamycin) complex 1], which possesses important yet incompletely …

HER2+ breast cancers evade anti-HER2 therapy via a switch in driver pathway

AE Smith, E Ferraro, A Safonov, CB Morales… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Inhibition of HER2 in HER2-amplified breast cancer has been remarkably successful
clinically, as demonstrated by the efficacy of HER-kinase inhibitors and HER2-antibody …

Molecular mechanisms of mTOR-mediated translational control

XM Ma, J Blenis - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
The process of translation requires substantial cellular resources. Cells have therefore
evolved complex mechanisms to control overall protein synthesis as well as the translation …

Upstream and downstream of mTOR

N Hay, N Sonenberg - Genes & development, 2004 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The evolutionarily conserved checkpoint protein kinase, TOR (target of rapamycin), has
emerged as a major effector of cell growth and proliferation via the regulation of protein …