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Phosphatidyl inositol-3 kinase (PIK3CA) E545K mutation confers cisplatin resistance and a migratory phenotype in cervical cancer cells.
Oncotarget - 13 Dec 2016
Arjumand Wani, Merry Cole D, Wang Chen, Saba Elias, McIntyre John B, Fang Shujuan, Kornaga Elizabeth, Ghatage Prafull, Doll Corinne M, Lees-Miller Susan P
Abstract excerpt
The phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway is activated in many human cancers. Previously, we reported that patients with early stage cervical cancer whose tumours harbour PIK3CA exon 9 or 20 mutations have worse overall survival in response to treatment with radiation and cisplatin than patients with wild-type PIK3CA. The purpose of this study was to determine whether PIK3CA-E545K...
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