PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling transduction pathway and targeted therapies in cancer

A Glaviano, ASC Foo, HY Lam, KCH Yap, W Jacot… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The PI3K/AKT/mTOR (PAM) signaling pathway is a highly conserved signal
transduction network in eukaryotic cells that promotes cell survival, cell growth, and cell …

[HTML][HTML] mTOR substrate phosphorylation in growth control

S Battaglioni, D Benjamin, M Wälchli, T Maier, MN Hall - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The target of rapamycin (TOR), discovered 30 years ago, is a highly conserved
serine/threonine protein kinase that plays a central role in regulating cell growth and …

Regulation and metabolic functions of mTORC1 and mTORC2

A Szwed, E Kim, E Jacinto - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Cells metabolize nutrients for biosynthetic and bioenergetic needs to fuel growth and
proliferation. The uptake of nutrients from the environment and their intracellular metabolism …

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 …

Understanding lipotoxicity in NAFLD pathogenesis: is CD36 a key driver?

P Rada, Á González-Rodríguez, C García-Monzón… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease
worldwide. NAFLD stages range from simple steatosis (NAFL) to non-alcoholic …

[HTML][HTML] The diverse functionality of NQO1 and its roles in redox control

D Ross, D Siegel - Redox Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this review, we summarize the multiple functions of NQO1, its established roles in redox
processes and potential roles in redox control that are currently emerging. NQO1 has …

Role of branched-chain amino acid metabolism in the pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes-related metabolic disturbances BCAA metabolism in type 2 …

F Vanweert, P Schrauwen, E Phielix - Nutrition & diabetes, 2022 - nature.com
Branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolism has been considered to have an emerging
role in the pathogenesis of metabolic disturbances in obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of insulin action and insulin resistance

MC Petersen, GI Shulman - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The 1921 discovery of insulin was a Big Bang from which a vast and expanding universe of
research into insulin action and resistance has issued. In the intervening century, some …

[HTML][HTML] The PI3K/AKT pathway in obesity and type 2 diabetes

X Huang, G Liu, J Guo, Z Su - International journal of biological …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus are complicated metabolic diseases that affect multiple
organs and are characterized by hyperglycaemia. Currently, stable and effective treatments …

Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complexes in neurodegeneration

H Querfurth, HK Lee - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
Novel targets to arrest neurodegeneration in several dementing conditions involving
misfolded protein accumulations may be found in the diverse signaling pathways of the …