Nexus between PI3K/AKT and estrogen receptor signaling in breast cancer

AS Khatpe, AK Adebayo, CA Herodotou, B Kumar… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancers are broadly classified into two subtypes: estrogen receptor-
positive and estrogen receptor-negative. Approximately 70% of breast cancers are estrogen …

PI3K in stemness regulation: from development to cancer

RR Madsen - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2020 - portlandpress.com
The PI3K/AKT pathway is a key target in oncology where most efforts are focussed on
phenotypes such as cell proliferation and survival. Comparatively, little attention has been …

Live-cell measurements of kinase activity in single cells using translocation reporters

T Kudo, S Jeknić, DN Macklin, S Akhter, JJ Hughey… - Nature protocols, 2018 - nature.com
Although kinases are important regulators of many cellular processes, measuring their
activity in live cells remains challenging. We have developed kinase translocation reporters …

PDGF-PDGFR network differentially regulates the fate, migration, proliferation, and cell cycle progression of myogenic cells

O Contreras, A Córdova-Casanova, E Brandan - Cellular Signalling, 2021 - Elsevier
Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) regulate embryonic development, tissue
regeneration, and wound healing through their binding to PDGF receptors, PDGFRα and …

Increased hepatic PDGF-AA signaling mediates liver insulin resistance in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes

A Abderrahmani, L Yengo, R Caiazzo, M Canouil… - Diabetes, 2018 - Am Diabetes Assoc
In type 2 diabetes (T2D), hepatic insulin resistance is strongly associated with nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In this study, we hypothesized that the DNA methylome of livers …

[HTML][HTML] Aberrant control of NF-κB in cancer permits transcriptional and phenotypic plasticity, to curtail dependence on host tissue: molecular mode

SA Vlahopoulos - Cancer biology & medicine, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The role of the transcription factor NF-κB in sha** the cancer microenvironment is
becoming increasingly clear. Inflammation alters the activity of enzymes that modulate NF …

Cracking the context-specific PI3K signaling code

RR Madsen, B Vanhaesebroeck - Science Signaling, 2020 - science.org
Specificity in signal transduction is determined by the ability of cells to “encode” and
subsequently “decode” different environmental signals. Akin to computer software, this …

Serine phosphorylation by mTORC1 promotes IRS-1 degradation through SCFβ-TRCP E3 ubiquitin ligase

Y Yoneyama, T Inamitsu, K Chida, SI Iemura… - IScience, 2018 - cell.com
The insulin receptor substrate IRS-1 is a key substrate of insulin and insulin-like growth
factor (IGF) receptor tyrosine kinases that mediates their metabolic and growth-promoting …

PI3K signaling through a biochemical systems lens

RR Madsen, A Toker - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Following 3 decades of extensive research into PI3K signaling, it is now evidently clear that
the underlying network does not equate to a simple ON/OFF switch. This is best illustrated by …

A highly sensitive fluorescent Akt biosensor reveals lysosome-selective regulation of lipid second messengers and kinase activity

M Chen, T Sun, Y Zhong, X Zhou, J Zhang - ACS Central Science, 2021 - ACS Publications
The serine/threonine protein kinase Akt regulates a wide range of cellular functions via
phosphorylation of various substrates distributed throughout the cell, including at the plasma …