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Molecular Genetics of the PI3K-AKT-mTOR Pathway in Genodermatoses: Diagnostic Implications and Treatment Opportunities.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jan 2016
Vahidnezhad Hassan, Youssefian Leila, Uitto Jouni
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A number of critical signaling pathways are required for homeostatic regulation of cell survival, differentiation, and proliferation during organogenesis. One of them is the PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway consisting of a cascade of inhibitor/activator molecules. Recently, a number of heritable diseases with skin involvement, manifesting particularly with tissue overgrowth, have been shown to result from mutations in the...
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