The functions and regulation of the PTEN tumour suppressor: new modes and prospects

YR Lee, M Chen, PP Pandolfi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
PTEN is a potent tumour suppressor, and its loss of function is frequently observed in both
heritable and sporadic cancers. PTEN has phosphatase-dependent and phosphatase …

PTEN: tumor suppressor and metabolic regulator

CY Chen, J Chen, L He, BL Stiles - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog deleted on Chromosome 10 (PTEN) is a dual
phosphatase with both protein and lipid phosphatase activities. PTEN was first discovered …

Mechanisms of PTEN loss in cancer: It's all about diversity

V Álvarez-Garcia, Y Tawil, HM Wise… - Seminars in cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
PTEN is a phosphatase which metabolises PIP 3, the lipid product of PI 3-Kinase, directly
opposing the activation of the oncogenic PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling network. Accordingly …

Microenvironment-induced PTEN loss by exosomal microRNA primes brain metastasis outgrowth

L Zhang, S Zhang, J Yao, FJ Lowery, Q Zhang… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The development of life-threatening cancer metastases at distant organs requires
disseminated tumour cells' adaptation to, and co-evolution with, the drastically different …

GSK3 and its interactions with the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling network

MA Hermida, JD Kumar, NR Leslie - Advances in biological regulation, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 (GSK3 or GSK-3) is a promiscuous protein kinase and
its phosphorylation of its diverse substrates has major influences on many areas of …

Pten

CA Worby, JE Dixon - Annual review of biochemistry, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The importance of PTEN in cellular function is underscored by the frequency of its
deregulation in cancer. PTEN tumor-suppressor activity depends largely on its lipid …

Portrait of the PI3K/AKT pathway in colorectal cancer

SA Danielsen, PW Eide, A Nesbakken, T Guren… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract PI3K/AKT signaling leads to reduced apoptosis, stimulates cell growth and
increases proliferation. Under normal conditions, PI3K/AKT activation is tightly controlled …

Emerging insights into the molecular and cellular basis of glioblastoma

GP Dunn, ML Rinne, J Wykosky… - Genes & …, 2012 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Glioblastoma is both the most common and lethal primary malignant brain tumor. Extensive
multiplatform genomic characterization has provided a higher-resolution picture of the …

Nuclear PTEN controls DNA repair and sensitivity to genotoxic stress

C Bassi, J Ho, T Srikumar, RJO Dowling, C Gorrini… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Loss of function of the phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN)
tumor suppressor gene is associated with many human cancers. In the cytoplasm, PTEN …

Tenets of PTEN tumor suppression

L Salmena, A Carracedo, PP Pandolfi - Cell, 2008 - cell.com
Since its discovery as the elusive tumor suppressor gene at the frequently mutated 10q23
locus, PTEN has been identified as lost or mutated in several sporadic and heritable tumor …