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Transforming somatic mutations of mammalian target of rapamycin kinase in human cancer.
Cancer science - 1 Dec 2015
Yamaguchi Hiroyuki, Kawazu Masahito, Yasuda Takahiko, Soda Manabu, Ueno Toshihide, Kojima Shinya, Yashiro Masakazu, Yoshino Ichiro, Ishikawa Yuichi, Sai Eirin, Mano Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine-threonine kinase that acts downstream of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling pathway and regulates a wide range of cellular functions including transcription, translation, proliferation, apoptosis, and autophagy. Whereas genetic alterations that result in mTOR activation are frequently present in human cancers, whether the mTOR gene itself becomes an...
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