Attacking the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway for targeted therapeutic treatment in human cancer

L Yu, J Wei, P Liu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Cancer is the second leading cause of human death globally. PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling is
one of the most frequently dysregulated signaling pathways observed in cancer patients that …

Drug resistance in Plasmodium

K Haldar, S Bhattacharjee, I Safeukui - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018‏ - nature.com
A marked decrease in malaria-related deaths worldwide has been attributed to the
administration of effective antimalarials against Plasmodium falciparum, in particular …

[HTML][HTML] Is Alzheimer's disease a type 3 diabetes? A critical appraisal

R Kandimalla, V Thirumala, PH Reddy - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Recently researchers proposed the term 'Type-3-Diabetes' for Alzheimer's disease (ad)
because of the shared molecular and cellular features among Type-1-Diabetes, Type-2 …

Determinants and clinical implications of chromosomal instability in cancer

L Sansregret, B Vanhaesebroeck… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Aberrant chromosomal architecture, ranging from small insertions or deletions to large
chromosomal alterations, is one of the most common characteristics of cancer genomes …

Neuronal lipid metabolism: multiple pathways driving functional outcomes in health and disease

TJ Tracey, FJ Steyn, EJ Wolvetang… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Lipids are a fundamental class of organic molecules implicated in a wide range of biological
processes related to their structural diversity, and based on this can be broadly classified …

PI3K and cancer: lessons, challenges and opportunities

DA Fruman, C Rommel - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014‏ - nature.com
The central role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) activation in tumour cell biology has
prompted a sizeable effort to target PI3K and/or downstream kinases such as AKT and …

Sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 couples mechanical cues and lipid metabolism

R Bertolio, F Napoletano, M Mano… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Sterol regulatory element binding proteins (SREBPs) are a family of transcription factors that
regulate lipid biosynthesis and adipogenesis by controlling the expression of several …

Hooked on fat: the role of lipid synthesis in cancer metabolism and tumour development

F Baenke, B Peck, H Miess… - Disease models & …, 2013‏ - journals.biologists.com
An increased rate of lipid synthesis in cancerous tissues has long been recognised as an
important aspect of the rewired metabolism of transformed cells. However, the contribution of …

The emerging mechanisms of isoform-specific PI3K signalling

B Vanhaesebroeck, J Guillermet-Guibert… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2010‏ - nature.com
Abstract Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) function early in intracellular signal
transduction pathways and affect many biological functions. A further level of complexity …

Endothelial dysfunction in obesity

A Engin - Obesity and lipotoxicity, 2017‏ - Springer
Chronic inflammatory state in obesity causes dysregulation of the endocrine and paracrine
actions of adipocyte-derived factors, which disrupt vascular homeostasis and contribute to …