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ReviewCancers2021

Targeting PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling Pathway in Breast Cancer.

Huayi Li, Lorenzo Prever, Emilio Hirsch, Federico Gulluni

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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119citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

119 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. MXRA5 promotes the progression and metastasis of breast cancerThe Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2026
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  14. The impact of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway on trastuzumab resistance in HER2-positive gastric cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Huayi LiDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Lorenzo PreverDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5244-9211
Emilio HirschDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9073-6024
Federico GulluniDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7706-1635

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 21875
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the primary cause of cancer death in women worldwide. Although early diagnosis and cancer growth inhibition has significantly improved breast cancer survival rate over the years, there is a current need to develop more effective systemic treatments to prevent metastasis. One of the most commonly altered pathways driving breast cancer cell growth, survival, and motility is the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling cascade. In the past 30 years, a great surge of inhibitors targeting these key players has been developed at a rapid pace, leading to effective preclinical studies for cancer therapeutics. However, the central role of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling varies among diverse biological processes, suggesting the need for more specific and sophisticated strategies for their use in cancer therapy. In this review, we provide a perspective on the role of the PI3K signaling pathway and the most recently developed PI3K-targeting breast cancer therapies.

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AKTbreast cancerclass II PI3Kclinical trialinhibitormetastasismTORPI3K

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PMID34298731
PMCPMC8304822

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