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Direct reversal of glucocorticoid resistance by AKT inhibition in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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It is demonstrated that loss of PTEN and consequent AKT1 activation can effectively block glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis and induce resistance to glucoc Corticoid therapy, and pharmacologic inhibition of AKT with MK2206 effectively reverses glucocORTicoid resistance.
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This article is published in Cancer Cell.The article was published on 2013-12-09 and is currently open access. It has received 223 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Glucocorticoid receptor & Protein kinase B.

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Functional characterization of somatic mutations in cancer using network-based inference of protein activity

TL;DR: A fraction of tumors is identified with aberrant activity of druggable oncoproteins despite a lack of mutations, and vice versa, and in vitro assays confirmed that VIPER-inferred protein activity outperformed mutational analysis in predicting sensitivity to targeted inhibitors.
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The Varied Roles of Notch in Cancer

TL;DR: The varied roles of Notch in cancer are discussed, focusing on cell autonomous activities that may be either oncogenic or tumor suppressive.
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PTEN: Multiple Functions in Human Malignant Tumors

TL;DR: The current understanding of the biological role of PTEN, how PTEN expression and activity are regulated, and the consequences ofPTEN dysregulation in human malignant tumors are discussed.
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The genetics and mechanisms of T cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

TL;DR: The current understanding of the molecular mechanisms of T-ALL is examined and recent developments in the translation of these results to the clinic are examined.
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Akt Phosphorylation of BAD Couples Survival Signals to the Cell-Intrinsic Death Machinery

TL;DR: It is shown that growth factor activation of the PI3'K/Akt signaling pathway culminates in the phosphorylation of the BCL-2 family member BAD, thereby suppressing apoptosis and promoting cell survival.
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Interleukin-3-Induced Phosphorylation of BAD Through the Protein Kinase Akt

TL;DR: The proapoptotic function of BAD is regulated by the PI 3-kinase-Akt pathway, and active, but not inactive, forms of Akt were found to phosphorylate BAD in vivo and in vitro at the same residues that are phosphorylated in response to IL-3.
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NF-κB activation by tumour necrosis factor requires the Akt serine–threonine kinase

TL;DR: It is shown that the Akt serine–threonine kinase is involved in the activation of NF-κB by tumour necrosis factor (TNF), and that Akt is part of a signalling pathway that is necessary for inducing key immune and inflammatory responses.
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Phosphorylation and Regulation of Raf by Akt (Protein Kinase B)

TL;DR: Observations provide a molecular basis for cross talk between two signaling pathways at the level of Raf and Akt in a human breast cancer cell line.
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MK-2206, an Allosteric Akt Inhibitor, Enhances Antitumor Efficacy by Standard Chemotherapeutic Agents or Molecular Targeted Drugs In vitro and In vivo

TL;DR: It is suggested that Akt inhibition may augment the efficacy of existing cancer therapeutics; thus, MK-2206 is a promising agent to treat cancer patients who receive cytotoxic and/or molecular targeted agents.
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