Inhibition of AKT with the Orally Active Allosteric AKT Inhibitor, MK-2206, Sensitizes Endometrial Cancer Cells to Progestin

Progestin resistance is a major obstacle to treating early stage, well-differentiated endometrial cancer as well as recurrent endometrial cancer. The mechanism behind the suboptimal response to progestin is not well understood. The PTEN tumor suppressor gene is frequently mutated in type I endometri...

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Main Authors: Pant, Alok, Lee, Irene I., Lu, Zhenxiao, Rueda, Bo R., Schink, Julian, Kim, J. Julie
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404036/