PTEN lipid phosphatase inactivation links the hippo and PI3K/Akt pathways to induce gastric tumorigenesis

Abstract Background Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is an important tumor suppressor gene, and its encoded protein has activities of both a protein phosphatase and a lipid phosphatase. However, the substitution effect of protein phosphatase activity remains unclear. PI3K/Akt is the most common...

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Main Authors: Wenting Xu, Zhen Yang, Chuan Xie, Yin Zhu, Xu Shu, Zhe Zhang, Nianshuang Li, Na Chai, Song Zhang, Kaichun Wu, Yongzhan Nie, Nonghua Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13046-018-0795-2