Genetic variability of the mTOR pathway and prostate cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation on Cancer (EPIC).

The mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signal transduction pathway integrates various signals, regulating ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis as a function of available energy and amino acids, and assuring an appropriate coupling of cellular proliferation with increases in cell size. In addi...

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Main Authors: Daniele Campa, Anika Hüsing, Angelika Stein, Lucie Dostal, Heiner Boeing, Tobias Pischon, Anne Tjønneland, Nina Roswall, Kim Overvad, Jane Nautrup Østergaard, Laudina Rodríguez, Núria Sala, Maria-José Sánchez, Nerea Larrañaga, José María Huerta, Aurelio Barricarte, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nicholas Wareham, Ruth C Travis, Naomi E Allen, Pagona Lagiou, Antonia Trichopoulou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Domenico Palli, Sabina Sieri, Rosario Tumino, Carlotta Sacerdote, Henk van Kranen, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Göran Hallmans, Mattias Johansson, Isabelle Romieu, Mazda Jenab, David G Cox, Afshan Siddiq, Elio Riboli, Federico Canzian, Rudolf Kaaks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3044148?pdf=render