PMID- 24001224 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140915 LR - 20211203 IS - 1873-4286 (Electronic) IS - 1381-6128 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 1 DP - 2014 TI - The mTOR signaling pathway is an emerging therapeutic target in multiple myeloma. PG - 125-35 AB - The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a PI3K-related serine/threonine kinase and plays a critical role in modulating proliferation, growth, survival, invasion and chemoresistance of multiple myeloma, a malignancy of plasma cells. Since it was identified as the therapeutic target of rapamycin, mTOR has been applied for anti-cancer drug discovery. More and more mTOR inhibitors have been developed and demonstrated with great clinical potentials for multiple myeloma and other cancers. In this review, we highlighted advances in drug discovery targeting the mTOR signaling pathway for the treatment of multiple myeloma with an input from our recent studies. FAU - Li, Jie AU - Li J FAU - Zhu, Jingyu AU - Zhu J FAU - Cao, Biyin AU - Cao B FAU - Mao, Xinliang AU - Mao X AD - Laboratory of Targeted Antileukemia Drug Discovery, Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Soochow University, 199 Ren Ai Road, Room703-507, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China 215123. xinliangmao@suda.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - United Arab Emirates TA - Curr Pharm Des JT - Current pharmaceutical design JID - 9602487 RN - 0 (Immunosuppressive Agents) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Immunosuppressive Agents/chemistry/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Multiple Myeloma/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/chemistry/*drug effects/metabolism EDAT- 2013/09/05 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/16 06:00 CRDT- 2013/09/05 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/09/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/16 06:00 [medline] AID - CPD-EPUB-55753 [pii] AID - 10.2174/13816128113199990638 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Pharm Des. 2014;20(1):125-35. doi: 10.2174/13816128113199990638.