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Deregulation of the PI3K and KRAS signaling pathways in human cancer cells determines their response to everolimus.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Aug 2010
Di Nicolantonio Federica, Arena Sabrina, Tabernero Josep, Grosso Stefano, Molinari Francesca, Macarulla Teresa, Russo Mariangela, Cancelliere Carlotta, Zecchin Davide, Mazzucchelli Luca, Sasazuki Takehiko, Shirasawa Senji, Geuna Massimo, Frattini Milo, Baselga José, Gallicchio Margherita, Biffo Stefano, Bardelli Alberto
Abstract excerpt
Personalized cancer medicine is based on the concept that targeted therapies are effective on subsets of patients whose tumors carry specific molecular alterations. Several mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors are in preclinical or clinical trials for cancers, but the molecular basis of sensitivity or resistance to these inhibitors among patients is largely unknown. Here we have identified oncogenic...
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