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Review
. 2016:67:11-28.
doi: 10.1146/annurev-med-062913-051343. Epub 2015 Oct 14.

The PI3K/AKT Pathway as a Target for Cancer Treatment

Ingrid A Mayer  1 , Carlos L Arteaga  1
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Review

The PI3K/AKT Pathway as a Target for Cancer Treatment

Ingrid A Mayer et al. Annu Rev Med. 2016.

Abstract

Anticancer targeted therapies are designed to exploit a particular vulnerability in the tumor, which in most cases results from its dependence on an oncogene and/or loss of a tumor suppressor. Genes in the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway are the most frequently altered in human cancers. Aberrant activation of this pathway, as a result of these somatic alterations, is associated with cellular transformation, tumorigenesis, cancer progression, and drug resistance. Several drugs targeting PI3K/ATK are currently in clinical trials, alone or in combination, in both solid tumors and hematologic malignancies. These drugs are the focus of this review.

Keywords: breast cancer; lymphoproliferative disorders; mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR); mutation; pathway inhibitors; phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT.

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