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Akt up-regulation increases resistance to microtubule-directed chemotherapeutic agents through mammalian target of rapamycin.
Molecular cancer therapeutics - 1 Dec 2004
VanderWeele David J, Zhou Rixin, Rudin Charles M
Abstract excerpt
Chemotherapeutic agents induce apoptosis in cancer cells through effects on multiple intracellular targets. Recent observations suggest that a consistent cellular response to chemotherapeutic agents of disparate classes is down-regulation of glycolytic metabolism. Inhibition of glycolytic activity has been linked to apoptotic induction in several models. The serine/threonine kinase Akt (protein kinase B) promotes...
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