AKT Is Highly Phosphorylated in Pheochromocytomas But Not in Benign Adrenocortical Tumors
Author(s) -
Martin Faßnacht,
Dirk Weismann,
Silke Ebert,
Patrick Adam,
Martina Zink,
Felix Beuschlein,
Stefanie Hahner,
Bruno Allolio
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2004-2198
Subject(s) - protein kinase b , pten , adrenocortical carcinoma , endocrinology , context (archaeology) , medicine , phosphorylation , pheochromocytoma , cancer research , biology , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , signal transduction , microbiology and biotechnology , paleontology
Activation of AKT plays a major role in a variety of human neoplasias. In mice, a heterozygous deletion of the Pten gene is associated with increased activation of AKT and with development of pheochromocytomas.
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