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Effect of rapamycin, an mTOR inhibitor, on radiation sensitivity of lung cancer cells having different p53 gene status
1 Sept 2010
Abstract excerpt
Activation to a large extent of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway and mutations in the p53 gene are involved in lung cancer therapeutic resistance. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) acts as a downstream effector for Akt. Activation of the Akt/mTOR signal is a contributing factor to decreased radiation sensitivity. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the effect of rapamycin...
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