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 …

Rational combinations of targeted cancer therapies: background, advances and challenges

H **, L Wang, R Bernards - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, elucidation of the genetic defects that underlie cancer has
resulted in a plethora of novel targeted cancer drugs. Although these agents can initially be …

NRF2 controls iron homeostasis and ferroptosis through HERC2 and VAMP8

A Anandhan, M Dodson, A Shakya, J Chen, P Liu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Enhancing the intracellular labile iron pool (LIP) represents a powerful, yet untapped
strategy for driving ferroptotic death of cancer cells. Here, we show that NRF2 maintains iron …

Hallmarks of transcriptional intratumour heterogeneity across a thousand tumours

A Gavish, M Tyler, AC Greenwald, R Hoefflin, D Simkin… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Each tumour contains diverse cellular states that underlie intratumour heterogeneity (ITH), a
central challenge of cancer therapeutics. Dozens of recent studies have begun to describe …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of lung cancer and impact of subclonal selection in TRACERx

AM Frankell, M Dietzen, M Al Bakir, EL Lim, T Karasaki… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. Here we
analysed 1,644 tumour regions sampled at surgery or during follow-up from the first 421 …

Insights for precision oncology from the integration of genomic and clinical data of 13,880 tumors from the 100,000 Genomes Cancer Programme

A Sosinsky, J Ambrose, W Cross, C Turnbull… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Cancer Programme of the 100,000 Genomes Project was an initiative to
provide whole-genome sequencing (WGS) for patients with cancer, evaluating opportunities …

Targeting p53 pathways: Mechanisms, structures and advances in therapy

H Wang, M Guo, H Wei, Y Chen - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
The TP53 tumor suppressor is the most frequently altered gene in human cancers, and has
been a major focus of oncology research. The p53 protein is a transcription factor that can …

[HTML][HTML] The hallmarks of cancer metabolism: Still emerging

NN Pavlova, J Zhu, CB Thompson - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Metabolism of cancer cells is geared toward biomass production and proliferation. Since the
metabolic resources within the local tissue are finite, this can lead to nutrient depletion and …

Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of checkpoint blockade response in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

A Ravi, MD Hellmann, MB Arniella, M Holton… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agents have transformed the treatment landscape of advanced
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). To expand our understanding of the molecular features …

Targeting PI3K/Akt signal transduction for cancer therapy

Y He, MM Sun, GG Zhang, J Yang, KS Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway plays a crucial role in various
cellular processes and is aberrantly activated in cancers, contributing to the occurrence and …