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ReviewBreast cancer research : BCR2010

Key signalling nodes in mammary gland development and cancer. Signalling downstream of PI3 kinase in mammary epithelium: a play in 3 Akts.

Julie A Wickenden, Christine J Watson

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Review in Breast cancer research : BCR, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Molecular Regulatory Mechanisms of Mammary Gland Development: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  10. Cytomorphological Disparities in Invasive Breast Cancer Cells following Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy and Chemotherapy.Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology · 2024
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  12. Adverse Effects of High Temperature On Mammary Alveolar Development In Vitro.Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia · 2022
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  17. Distinct Roles of mTOR Targets S6K1 and S6K2 in Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julie A WickendenDepartment of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, UK. jaw64@cam.ac.uk
Christine J Watson
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0900980
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The protein serine/threonine kinase Akt, also known as protein kinase B (PKB), is arguably the most important signalling nexus in the cell. Akt integrates a plethora of extracellular signals to generate diverse outcomes, including proliferation, motility, growth, glucose homeostasis, survival, and cell death. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway is the second most frequently mutated pathway in cancer, after p53, and mutations in components of this pathway are found in around 70% of breast cancers. Thus, understanding how Akt relays input signals to downstream effectors is critically important for the design of therapeutic strategies to combat breast cancer. In this review, we will discuss the various signals upstream of Akt that impact on its activity, how Akt integrates these signals and modulates the activity of downstream targets to control mammary gland development, and how mutations in components of the pathway result in breast cancer.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionBreast NeoplasmsEpitheliumFemaleHumansMammary Glands, HumanModels, BiologicalPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktAKT1 protein, humanAKT2 protein, humanAKT3 protein, humanPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt

Identifiers

PMID20398329
PMCPMC2879565
OpenAlexW1974504182

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