PMID- 17545512 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070817 LR - 20211203 IS - 1078-0432 (Print) IS - 1078-0432 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 11 DP - 2007 Jun 1 TI - The mammalian target of rapamycin signaling pathway: twists and turns in the road to cancer therapy. PG - 3109-14 AB - The immunosuppressive drug rapamycin played a key role in the functional characterization of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), an unusual protein kinase that coordinates growth factor and nutrient availability with cell growth and proliferation. Several rapamycin-related compounds are now in various stages of clinical development as anticancer agents. This article highlights recent advances in our understanding of the mTOR signaling pathway and the implications of these findings for the clinical application of mTOR inhibitors in cancer patients. FAU - Abraham, Robert T AU - Abraham RT AD - Department of Oncology Discovery, Wyeth, Pearl River, New York 10960, USA. Abrahar@wyeth.com FAU - Gibbons, James J AU - Gibbons JJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United States TA - Clin Cancer Res JT - Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research JID - 9502500 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology MH - Cell Enlargement MH - Cell Proliferation MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Genes, Fungal MH - Genotype MH - Humans MH - Models, Biological MH - Neoplasms/metabolism/*therapy MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases RF - 73 EDAT- 2007/06/05 09:00 MHDA- 2007/08/19 09:00 CRDT- 2007/06/05 09:00 PHST- 2007/06/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/08/19 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/06/05 09:00 [entrez] AID - 13/11/3109 [pii] AID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-06-2798 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Jun 1;13(11):3109-14. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-06-2798.