PMID- 35163615 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220330 LR - 20220330 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 3 DP - 2022 Feb 1 TI - Predominant Role of mTOR Signaling in Skin Diseases with Therapeutic Potential. LID - 10.3390/ijms23031693 [doi] LID - 1693 AB - The serine/threonine kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of cell proliferation, survival, and motility in response to availability of energy and nutrients as well as mitogens. The mTOR signaling axis regulates important biological processes, including cellular growth, metabolism, and survival in many tissues. In the skin, dysregulation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway may lead to severe pathological conditions characterized by uncontrolled proliferation and inflammation, including skin hyperproliferative as well as malignant diseases. Herein, we provide an update on the current knowledge regarding the pathogenic implication of the mTOR pathway in skin diseases with inflammatory features (such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, pemphigus, and acne) and malignant characteristics (such as cutaneous T cell lymphoma and melanoma) while we critically discuss current and future perspectives for therapeutic targeting of mTOR axis in clinical practice. FAU - Karagianni, Fani AU - Karagianni F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9514-2199 AD - National Center of Rare Diseases-Cutaneous Lymphoma, Second Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases, Attikon University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece. FAU - Pavlidis, Antreas AU - Pavlidis A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5689-1795 AD - National Center of Rare Diseases-Cutaneous Lymphoma, Second Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases, Attikon University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece. FAU - Malakou, Lina S AU - Malakou LS AD - Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece. FAU - Piperi, Christina AU - Piperi C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2701-0618 AD - Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece. FAU - Papadavid, Evangelia AU - Papadavid E AD - National Center of Rare Diseases-Cutaneous Lymphoma, Second Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases, Attikon University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20220201 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - Inflammation MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Skin Diseases/drug therapy/*metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism PMC - PMC8835793 OTO - NOTNLM OT - acne OT - atopic dermatitis OT - cutaneous T cell lymphoma OT - inhibitors OT - mTOR signaling pathway OT - melanoma OT - pemphigus OT - psoriasis OT - therapy COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/02/16 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/31 06:00 PMCR- 2022/02/01 CRDT- 2022/02/15 01:18 PHST- 2021/12/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/01/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/15 01:18 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms23031693 [pii] AID - ijms-23-01693 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms23031693 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Feb 1;23(3):1693. doi: 10.3390/ijms23031693.