Melanoma metastases caught in the AKT
Dysregulated protein kinase B alpha (PKB/AKT1) signaling has been increasingly implicated in melanoma metastasis to distant organs, especially the brain. In a recent study, we expressed activated AKT1 in a non-metastatic melanoma model in vivo and discovered that AKT1 activation decreased tumor late...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4905423/ |
| Summary: | Dysregulated protein kinase B alpha (PKB/AKT1) signaling has been increasingly implicated in melanoma metastasis to distant organs, especially the brain. In a recent study, we expressed activated AKT1 in a non-metastatic melanoma model in vivo and discovered that AKT1 activation decreased tumor latency and elicited lung and brain metastases in this context. |
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