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ReviewCancers2018

mTOR Cross-Talk in Cancer and Potential for Combination Therapy.

Fabiana Conciatori, Ludovica Ciuffreda, Chiara Bazzichetto, Italia Falcone, Sara Pilotto, Emilio Bria, Francesco Cognetti, Michele Milella

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

87 citing papers in PubMed, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. mTOR hyperactivity andPathology oncology research : POR · 2024
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27 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fabiana ConciatoriMedical Oncology 1, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome 00144, Italy. fabiana.conciatori@ifo.gov.it.
Ludovica CiuffredaMedical Oncology 1, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome 00144, Italy. ludovica.ciuffreda@ifo.gov.it.
Chiara BazzichettoMedical Oncology 1, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome 00144, Italy. chiara.bazzichetto@ifo.gov.it.
Italia FalconeMedical Oncology 1, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome 00144, Italy. italia.falcone@ifo.gov.it.
Sara PilottoMedical OncologyUnit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, University of Verona, Verona 37100, Italy. sara.pilotto.85@gmail.com.
Emilio BriaMedical OncologyUnit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, University of Verona, Verona 37100, Italy. emiliobria@yahoo.it.
Francesco CognettiMedical Oncology 1, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome 00144, Italy. francesco.cognetti@ifo.gov.it.
Michele MilellaMedical Oncology 1, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome 00144, Italy. michele.milella@ifo.gov.it.
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) pathway plays an essential role in sensing and integrating a variety of exogenous cues to regulate cellular growth and metabolism, in both physiological and pathological conditions. mTOR functions through two functionally and structurally distinct multi-component complexes, mTORC1 and mTORC2, which interact with each other and with several elements of other signaling pathways. In the past few years, many new insights into mTOR function and regulation have been gained and extensive genetic and pharmacological studies in mice have enhanced our understanding of how mTOR dysfunction contributes to several diseases, including cancer. Single-agent mTOR targeting, mostly using rapalogs, has so far met limited clinical success; however, due to the extensive cross-talk between mTOR and other pathways, combined approaches are the most promising avenues to improve clinical efficacy of available therapeutics and overcome drug resistance. This review provides a brief and up-to-date narrative on the regulation of mTOR function, the relative contributions of mTORC1 and mTORC2 complexes to cancer development and progression, and prospects for mTOR inhibition as a therapeutic strategy.

Indexed as

cancercross-talkmTORC1mTORC2targeted therapies

Identifiers

PMID29351204
PMCPMC5789373
OpenAlexW2787695357

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Registered trials

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