mTOR at the nexus of nutrition, growth, ageing and disease

GY Liu, DM Sabatini - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
The mTOR pathway integrates a diverse set of environmental cues, such as growth factor
signals and nutritional status, to direct eukaryotic cell growth. Over the past two and a half …

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 …

New insights into the role of mTOR signaling in the cardiovascular system

S Sciarretta, M Forte, G Frati, J Sadoshima - Circulation research, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
The mTOR (mechanistic target of rapamycin) is a master regulator of several crucial cellular
processes, including protein synthesis, cellular growth, proliferation, autophagy, lysosomal …

The emerging complexity of the tRNA world: mammalian tRNAs beyond protein synthesis

P Schimmel - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
The discovery of the genetic code and tRNAs as decoders of the code transformed life
science. However, after establishing the role of tRNAs in protein synthesis, the field moved …

Role of mTOR in glucose and lipid metabolism

Z Mao, W Zhang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin, mTOR is the master regulator of a cell's growth and
metabolic state in response to nutrients, growth factors and many extracellular cues. Its …

Molecular logic of mTORC1 signalling as a metabolic rheostat

AJ Valvezan, BD Manning - Nature metabolism, 2019 - nature.com
The protein kinase complex mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) serves
as a key conduit between growth signals and the metabolic processes underlying cell …

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as therapeutic targets

NH Kwon, PL Fox, S Kim - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are essential enzymes for protein synthesis with
evolutionarily conserved enzymatic mechanisms. Despite their similarity across organisms …

The central moTOR of metabolism

J Simcox, DW Lamming - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
The protein kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) functions as a central regulator
of metabolism, integrating diverse nutritional and hormonal cues to control anabolic …

The genetics of aging: a vertebrate perspective

PP Singh, BA Demmitt, RD Nath, A Brunet - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Aging negatively impacts vitality and health. Many genetic pathways that regulate aging
were discovered in invertebrates. However, the genetics of aging is more complex in …

Functional and pathologic association of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases with cancer

Y Sung, I Yoon, JM Han, S Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Although key tumorigenic and tumor-suppressive factors have been unveiled over the last
several decades, cancer remains the most life-threatening disease. Multiomic analyses of …