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ReviewCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology2010

Oncogenic mutations of PIK3CA in human cancers.

Yardena Samuels, Todd Waldman

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Review in Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 168 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
168citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
17.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

168 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 285 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Loss of PIK3CA allowsbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  16. Understanding the distinct role of PI3K(p110Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026
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  20. Discovery of a selective PI3Kα inhibitorJournal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2025
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108 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yardena SamuelsNational Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. samuelsy@mail.nih.gov
Todd Waldman
Cancer Genetics (United States) · USGeorgetown University · US

Funding

Mutational and Functional Analysis of Sporadic Malignant MelanomaZIAHG200337 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SAMUELS, YARDENA · 2009 to 2013
$5.0M
Mutational analysis of signal transducing gene families in malignant melanomaZ01HG200337 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SAMUELS, YARDENA · 2007 to 2008
$3.5M
A PTEN-Dependent Size Checkpoint in Human Cancer CellsR01CA115699 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI WALDMAN, TODD A · 2006 to 2016
$2.2M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HG200337NCI NIH HHS R01 CA115699
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The involvement of the PIK3CA gene product p110α, the catalytic subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), in human cancer has been suggested for over 15 years, and support for this proposal had been provided by both genetic and functional studies, including most recently the discovery of common activating missense mutations of PIK3CA in a wide variety of common human tumor types. This chapter will focus on the discovery of these mutations and describes their relevance to a wide range of common human tumor types.Of note, the identification and functional analysis of the PIK3CA gene are reviewed in other chapters in this book. However, a brief mention will be made here of its general properties as background to our focus on the discovery of its cancer-specific mutations.

Indexed as

MutationClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesHumansNeoplasmsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesSignal TransductionClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPIK3CA protein, human

Identifiers

PMID20535651
PMCPMC3164550
OpenAlexW3148490103

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