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Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of FKHRL1 triple mutant efficiently induces apoptosis in melanoma cells.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Jul 2006
Gomez-Gutierrez Jorge G, Souza Vinicius, Hao Hong Ying, Montes de Oca-Luna Roberto, Dong Yan Bin, Zhou H Sam, McMasters Kelly M
Abstract excerpt
The PTEN/Akt signal pathway plays an important role in tumorigenesis. Mutations or deletions of PTEN have been observed in up to 60% of melanoma cell lines, resulting in PI3K/Akt activation. The Forkhead family of transcription factors induce apoptosis in their unphosphorylated forms and were recently reported to be a substrate of Akt kinase. In the present study, an adenovirus expressing a triple mutant (TM) of...
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