Macropinocytosis Renders a Subset of Pancreatic Tumor Cells Resistant to mTOR Inhibition

Summary: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) features a near-universal mutation in KRAS. Additionally, the tumor suppressor PTEN is lost in ∼10% of patients, and in mouse models, this dramatically accelerates tumor progression. While oncogenic KRAS and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) cause...

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Main Authors: Evdokia Michalopoulou, Francesca R. Auciello, Vinay Bulusu, David Strachan, Andrew D. Campbell, Jacqueline Tait-Mulder, Saadia A. Karim, Jennifer P. Morton, Owen J. Sansom, Jurre J. Kamphorst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124720301054