Roles of AKT signal in breast cancer (original) (raw)

IMR Press / FBL / Volume 12 / Issue 11 / DOI: 10.2741/2367

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Article

Roles of AKT signal in breast cancer

Affiliation

1 Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 751 N Rutledge St. PO box 19626 Springfield, IL 627794-9626, USA

Abstract

The PI3K/Akt pathway plays a central role in a variety of cellular processes including cell growth, proliferation, motility and survival in both normal and tumor cells. The PI3K/Akt pathway is also instrumental in epithelial mesenchymal transitions and in angiogenesis during tumorigenesis. Many of the transforming events in breast cancer are a result of enhanced signaling of the PI3K/Akt pathway. Akt therefore is considered to be a rational target for cancer therapies and inhibitors of the PI3K/Akt pathway have been identified. In this review, we discuss the recent information about the functional roles of PI3K/Akt pathway in tumorigenesis and progression of breast cancer.

Keywords

Akt

Neoplasia

Tumor

Cancer

Breast

Review

Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) Print ISSN 2768-6701 Electronic ISSN 2768-6698

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