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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2025

Phosphoinositide kinases in cancer: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities.

Alicia Llorente, Gurpreet K Arora, Rabi Murad, Brooke M Emerling

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Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

4 authors.

Alicia Llorente *Cancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6056-0566
Gurpreet K Arora *Cancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Rabi MuradBioformatics Core, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Brooke M EmerlingCancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program, NCI-Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. bemerling@sbpdiscovery.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2168-4582

Funding

Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer ImmunologyP30CA030199 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI Michael Jackson · 1985 to 2026
$107.2M
Function and Mechanism of the Hippo-PI5P4K Axis for Growth ControlR01GM143583 · NIGMS · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI EMERLING, BROOKE M. · 2022 to 2025
$2.2M
Non-Canonical Phosphatidylinositol Kinases in Triple Negative Breast CancerR01CA237536 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI EMERLING, BROOKE M · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA030199NCI NIH HHS R01 CA237536NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM143583
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphoinositide kinases, extending beyond the well-known phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), are key players in the dynamic and site-specific phosphorylation of lipid phosphoinositides. Unlike PI3Ks, phosphatidylinositol 4-kinases (PI4Ks) and phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinases (PIPKs) do not usually exhibit mutational alterations, but mostly show altered expression in tumours, orchestrating a broad spectrum of signalling, metabolic and immune processes, all of which are crucial in the pathogenesis of cancer. Dysregulation of PI4Ks and PIPKs has been associated with various malignancies, which has sparked considerable interest towards their therapeutic targeting. In this Review we summarize the current understanding of the lesser-studied phosphoinositide kinase families, PI4K and PIPK, focusing on their functions and relevance in cancer. In addition, we provide an overview of ongoing efforts driving the preclinical and clinical development of phosphoinositide kinase-targeting molecules.

Indexed as

1-Phosphatidylinositol 4-KinaseNeoplasmsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)AnimalsHumansMolecular Targeted TherapySignal Transduction1-Phosphatidylinositol 4-KinasePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)

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PMID40181165
PMCPMC12751092

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