Molecular targets for cancer therapy in the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway

Pharmacology & Therapeutics - Tập 142 Số 2 - Trang 164-175 - 2014
Jiří Polívka1,2, Filip Janků3
1Department of Histology and Embryology and Biomedical Centre, Faculty of Medicine Plzen, Charles University Prague, Husova 3, 301 66 Plzen, Czech Republic
2Department of Neurology, Faculty Hospital Plzen, Alej Svobody 80, 304 60 Plzen, Czech Republic
3Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA

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