Akt in cancer: Mediator and more

S Revathidevi, AK Munirajan - Seminars in cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Akt is a serine/threonine kinase and it participates in the key role of the PI3K signaling
pathway. The Akt can be activated by a wide range of growth signals and the biochemical …

Targeting Akt in cancer for precision therapy

H Hua, H Zhang, J Chen, J Wang, J Liu… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Biomarkers-guided precision therapeutics has revolutionized the clinical development and
administration of molecular-targeted anticancer agents. Tailored precision cancer therapy …

Infant high-grade gliomas comprise multiple subgroups characterized by novel targetable gene fusions and favorable outcomes

M Clarke, A Mackay, B Ismer, JC Pickles… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
Infant high-grade gliomas appear clinically distinct from their counterparts in older children,
indicating that histopathologic grading may not accurately reflect the biology of these tumors …

PI3K/AKT signaling pathway as a critical regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in colorectal tumor cells

A Maharati, M Moghbeli - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2023 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequent gastrointestinal malignancies that are
considered as a global health challenge. Despite many progresses in therapeutic methods …

Akt: a key transducer in cancer

PJ Tsai, YH Lai, RK Manne, YS Tsai… - Journal of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Growth factor signaling plays a pivotal role in diverse biological functions, such as cell
growth, apoptosis, senescence, and migration and its deregulation has been linked to …

Distinct functions of AKT isoforms in breast cancer: a comprehensive review

N Hinz, M Jücker - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2019 - Springer
Background AKT, also known as protein kinase B, is a key element of the PI3K/AKT
signaling pathway. Moreover, AKT regulates the hallmarks of cancer, eg tumor growth …

Interstitial leukocyte migration and immune function

P Friedl, B Weigelin - Nature immunology, 2008 - nature.com
The trafficking of leukocytes into and within lymphoid and peripheral tissues is central to
immune cell development, immunosurveillance and effector function. Interstitial leukocyte …

EphA2 mediates ligand-dependent inhibition and ligand-independent promotion of cell migration and invasion via a reciprocal regulatory loop with Akt

H Miao, DQ Li, A Mukherjee, H Guo, A Petty, J Cutter… - Cancer cell, 2009 - cell.com
Both pro-and antioncogenic properties have been attributed to EphA2 kinase. We report that
a possible cause for this apparent paradox is diametrically opposite roles of EphA2 in …

Wnt Signaling in vascular eye diseases

Z Wang, CH Liu, S Huang, J Chen - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2019 - Elsevier
The Wnt signaling pathway plays a pivotal role in vascular morphogenesis in various organs
including the eye. Wnt ligands and receptors are key regulators of ocular angiogenesis both …

PKB/Akt–dependent regulation of cell motility

G Xue, BA Hemmings - Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The prosurvival activity of phosphoinositide 3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt (also known as protein
kinase B, PKB) pathway has been investigated in great detail in human physiology and …