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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2011

The Ras-ERK and PI3K-mTOR pathways: cross-talk and compensation.

Michelle C Mendoza, E Emrah Er, John Blenis

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,014 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1,014 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michelle C MendozaDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
E Emrah Er
John Blenis

Funding

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION TO PP70 S6KR01GM051405 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI BLENIS, JOHN · 1995 to 2023
$14.0M
Mitogenic and Oncogenic Regulation of ERK/RSK SignalingR37CA046595 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI BLENIS, JOHN · 2003 to 2012
$6.4M
NCI NIH HHS R37 CA046595NCI NIH HHS R37CA46595NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051405
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Ras-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Ras-ERK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K-mTOR) signaling pathways are the chief mechanisms for controlling cell survival, differentiation, proliferation, metabolism, and motility in response to extracellular cues. Components of these pathways were among the first to be discovered when scientists began cloning proto-oncogenes and purifying cellular kinase activities in the 1980s. Ras-ERK and PI3K-mTOR were originally modeled as linear signaling conduits activated by different stimuli, yet even early experiments hinted that they might intersect to regulate each other and co-regulate downstream functions. The extent of this cross-talk and its significance in cancer therapeutics are now becoming clear.

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Signal TransductionExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesHumansPhosphatidylinositol 3-Kinaseras ProteinsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesPhosphatidylinositol 3-Kinaseras ProteinsTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID21531565
PMCPMC3112285

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