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Akt/protein kinase B promotes survival and hormone-independent proliferation of thyroid cells in the absence of dedifferentiating and transforming effects.
Cancer research - 15 Jul 2000
De Vita G, Berlingieri M T, Visconti R, Castellone M D, Viglietto G, Baldassarre G, Zannini M, Bellacosa A, Tsichlis P N, Fusco A, Santoro M
Abstract excerpt
The Akt/protein kinase B serine/threonine kinase is a downstream effector of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K). Akt is an important component of mitogenic and antiapoptotic signaling pathways and is implicated in neoplastic transformation. Thyroid cells in culture retain a differentiated phenotype consisting of epithelial cell morphology and the expression of several tissue-specific genes. The survival and...
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