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PI3K/PTEN signaling in tumorigenesis and angiogenesis.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jan 2008
Jiang Bing-Hua, Liu Ling-Zhi
Abstract excerpt
The phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase (PI3K) can be activated by a variety of extracellular signals and involved in a number of cellular processes including cell proliferation, survival, protein synthesis, and tumor growth. Phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) is an antagonist of PI3K. The alterations of PI3K pathway such as activation of oncogenes, gene amplification, and inactivation of...
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