Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-AKT-mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K-Akt-mTOR) signaling pathway in non-small cell lung cancer

Translational Lung Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 165-176

  Yip, Po Yee ^a,b  

^a Chris O'Brien Lifehouse ^*  (Australia)

^b Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); PI3K Akt mTOR pathway

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE B INHIBITOR; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84934268456     PISSN: 22186751     EISSN: 22264477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2015.01.04     Document Type: Review

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