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unusual facts about Akt/PKB signaling pathway


Lhermitte–Duclos disease

Like cowden syndrome, patients with Lhermitte–Duclos disease often have mutations in enzymes involved in the Akt/PKB signaling pathway, which plays a role in cell growth.


Eric J. Nestler

"The IRS2-Akt pathway in midbrain dopaminergic neurons regulates behavioral and cellular responses to opiates."

Polish Central Archives of Historical Records

Central Archives of Historical Records (Polish: Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych) in Warsaw is one of the four national archives of Poland.

RANKL

This protein was shown to activate antiapoptotic kinase AKT/PKB through a signaling complex involving SRC kinase and tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6), which indicated this protein may have a role in the regulation of cell apoptosis.

Tumor promotion

Simultaneously, tumor cells need to upregulate oncogenes, which promote or cause downstream activation of growth factors and cell survival signals such as Ras, Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase, VEGF, or Akt.

Wilhelm Burgdorf

Erik Frey in the 1955 West German film Der Letzte Akt (Hitler: The Last Ten Days).


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