mTOR in brain physiology and pathologies

J Bockaert, P Marin - Physiological reviews, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
TOR (target of rapamycin) and its mammalian ortholog mTOR have been discovered in an
effort to understand the mechanisms of action of the immunosuppressant drug rapamycin …

Molecular stratification of medulloblastoma: clinical outcomes and therapeutic interventions

T Sursal, JS Ronecker, AJ Dicpinigaitis… - Anticancer …, 2022 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant pediatric posterior fossa tumor.
Recent genetic, epigenetic, and transcriptomic analyses have classified MB into three …

Immunosuppression in medulloblastoma: insights into cancer immunity and immunotherapy

ZF Audi, Z Saker, M Rizk, H Harati, Y Fares… - … Treatment Options in …, 2021 - Springer
Opinion statement Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common pediatric brain malignancy,
with a 5-year overall survival (OS) rate of around 65%. The conventional MB treatment …

The rationale for targeted therapies in medulloblastoma

TJ MacDonald, D Aguilera, RC Castellino - Neuro-oncology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most frequent malignant brain tumor in children. Patients with
MB who are classified as having high-risk disease or those with recurrent disease respond …

MiR-592 activates the mTOR kinase, ERK1/ERK2 kinase signaling and imparts neuronal differentiation signature characteristic of Group 4 medulloblastoma

R Paul, P Bapat, A Deogharkar, S Kazi… - Human Molecular …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Medulloblastoma, a common malignant brain tumor in children, consists of four molecular
subgroups WNT, SHH, Group 3 and Group 4. Group 3, Group 4 tumors have an overlap in …

Mutations in the sonic hedgehog pathway cause macrocephaly‐associated conditions due to crosstalk to the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway

SD Klein, DC Nguyen, V Bhakta… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The hedgehog (Hh) pathway is highly conserved and required for embryonic patterning and
determination. Mutations in the Hh pathway are observed in sporadic tumors as well as …

[HTML][HTML] Regulatory effects of a Mnk2-eIF4E feedback loop during mTORC1 targeting of human medulloblastoma cells

F Eckerdt, E Beauchamp, J Bell, A Iqbal, B Su… - Oncotarget, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The mTOR pathway controls mRNA translation of mitogenic proteins and is a central
regulator of metabolism in malignant cells. Development of malignant cell resistance is a …

Drug repurposing in medulloblastoma: challenges and recommendations

H Hammoud, Z Saker, H Harati, Y Fares… - … Treatment Options in …, 2021 - Springer
Opinion statement Medulloblastoma is the most frequently diagnosed primary malignant
brain tumor among children. Currently available therapeutic strategies are based on surgical …

Inhibition of hedgehog/Gli signaling by botanicals: a review of compounds with potential hedgehog pathway inhibitory activities

SK Drenkhahn, GA Jackson, A Slusarz… - Current Cancer Drug …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
The hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is an important therapeutic target in cancer;
involvement of the Hh pathway has been shown in a variety of cancers including basal cell …

[HTML][HTML] Ligustrazine inhibits growth, migration and invasion of medulloblastoma daoy cells by up-regulation of miR-211

D Xu, G Chi, C Zhao, D Li - Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018 - karger.com
Background/Aims: Ligustrazine (LSZ) has been identified as an antitumor agent against
some types of cancers. Nevertheless, its ability to inhibit growth, migration and invasion of …