The relation between PI3K/AKT signalling pathway and cancer

S Noorolyai, N Shajari, E Baghbani, S Sadreddini… - Gene, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are crucial coordinators of intracellular
signalling in response to the extracellular stimulators. Hyperactivation of PI3K signalling …

PIK3CA in cancer: The past 30 years

R Arafeh, Y Samuels - Seminars in cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Almost thirty years ago, PI3K was discovered as a lipid kinase associated with certain
oncoproteins. The first decade of research on PI3K saw the identification, purification and …

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 …

Use of mutation profiles to refine the classification of endometrial carcinomas

MK McConechy, J Ding, MCU Cheang… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The classification of endometrial carcinomas is based on pathological assessment of tumour
cell type; the different cell types (endometrioid, serous, carcinosarcoma, mixed …

Oncogenic mutations of PIK3CA in human cancers

Y Samuels, T Waldman - Phosphoinositide 3-kinase in Health and …, 2011 - Springer
The involvement of the PIK3CA gene product p110α, the catalytic subunit of
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), in human cancer has been suggested for over 15 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of ARID1A protein expression occurs as an early event in ovarian clear-cell carcinoma development and frequently coexists with PIK3CA mutations

S Yamamoto, H Tsuda, M Takano, S Tamai… - Modern Pathology, 2012 - Elsevier
ARID1A is a recently identified tumor suppressor gene that is mutated in∼ 50% of ovarian
clear-cell carcinomas. This mutation is associated with loss of ARID1A protein expression as …

Molecular pathology of endometrial carcinoma

X Matias‐Guiu, J Prat - Histopathology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This review paper discusses the main molecular alterations of endometrial carcinoma, the
most common cancer of the female genital tract. Two clinicopathological variants are …

Profiling critical cancer gene mutations in clinical tumor samples

LE MacConaill, CD Campbell, SM Kehoe, AJ Bass… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Detection of critical cancer gene mutations in clinical tumor specimens may
predict patient outcomes and inform treatment options; however, high-throughput mutation …

A Unique Spectrum of Somatic PIK3CA (p110α) Mutations Within Primary Endometrial Carcinomas

ML Rudd, JC Price, S Fogoros, AK Godwin… - Clinical cancer …, 2011 - AACR
Purpose: The goal of this study was to comprehensively define the incidence of mutations in
all exons of PIK3CA in both endometrioid endometrial cancer (EEC) and nonendometrioid …