CrossTORC and WNTegration in disease: focus on lymphangioleiomyomatosis

JF Evans, K Obraztsova, SM Lin… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
JF Evans, K Obraztsova, SM Lin, VP Krymskaya
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021mdpi.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and wingless-related integration site (Wnt)
signal transduction networks are evolutionarily conserved mammalian growth and cellular
development networks. Most cells express many of the proteins in both pathways, and this
review will briefly describe only the key proteins and their intra-and extracellular crosstalk.
These complex interactions will be discussed in relation to cancer development, drug
resistance, and stem cell exhaustion. This review will also highlight the tumor-suppressive …
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and wingless-related integration site (Wnt) signal transduction networks are evolutionarily conserved mammalian growth and cellular development networks. Most cells express many of the proteins in both pathways, and this review will briefly describe only the key proteins and their intra- and extracellular crosstalk. These complex interactions will be discussed in relation to cancer development, drug resistance, and stem cell exhaustion. This review will also highlight the tumor-suppressive tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) mutated, mTOR-hyperactive lung disease of women, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). We will summarize recent advances in the targeting of these pathways by monotherapy or combination therapy, as well as future potential treatments.
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