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Akt inhibition promotes autophagy and sensitizes PTEN-null tumors to lysosomotropic agents.
The Journal of cell biology - 6 Oct 2008
Degtyarev Michael, De Mazière Ann, Orr Christine, Lin Jie, Lee Brian B, Tien Janet Y, Prior Wei W, van Dijk Suzanne, Wu Hong, Gray Daniel C, Davis David P, Stern Howard M, Murray Lesley J, Hoeflich Klaus P, Klumperman Judith, Friedman Lori S, Lin Kui
Abstract excerpt
Although Akt is known as a survival kinase, inhibitors of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt pathway do not always induce substantial apoptosis. We show that silencing Akt1 alone, or any combination of Akt isoforms, can suppress the growth of tumors established from phosphatase and tens...
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