The beneficial effects of curcumin on aging and age-related diseases: from oxidative stress to antioxidant mechanisms, brain health and apoptosis by Ying He, Ying He, Yongqing Liu, Min Zhang

“…This agent mediates its effects through several mechanisms, including the reduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress-induced damage, as well as the modulation of subcellular signaling pathways such as AMPK, AKT/mTOR, and NF-κB. These pathways are involved in cellular senescence and inflammation, and their modulation can improve cell function and help prevent disease. …”
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Everolimus Implicated in Case of Severe Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage by Paul Gonzales, Seth Klusewitz, Johanna Marowske, John Gancayco, Michael B. Osswald, Robert Setlik

“…With treatment advancements, including targeted agents such as Everolimus, a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, survivability and quality of life continue to improve. …”
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Drug Repositioning for Gynecologic Tumors: A New Therapeutic Strategy for Cancer by Kouji Banno, Miho Iida, Megumi Yanokura, Haruko Irie, Kenta Masuda, Yusuke Kobayashi, Eiichiro Tominaga, Daisuke Aoki

“…Metformin, an antidiabetic drug, is effective for endometrial cancer through inhibition of the PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway by activating LKB1-AMPK and reduction of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 due to AMPK activation. …”
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KAT2B inhibits proliferation and invasion via inactivating TGF-β/Smad3 pathway-medicated autophagy and EMT in epithelial ovarian cancer by Yuqin Yao, Yuna Niu, Honggui Zhou, Min Yong

“…Additionally, our data hint at a potential role for the AKT/mTOR pathway. KAT2B acts as a putative tumor suppressor in EOC, where its reduced expression correlates with advanced disease stages. …”
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A central role for Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in K-Ras-driven lung tumorigenesis. by Courtney A Granville, Regan M Memmott, Andria Balogh, Jacopo Mariotti, Shigeru Kawabata, Wei Han, Jaclyn Lopiccolo, Jason Foley, David J Liewehr, Seth M Steinberg, Daniel H Fowler, M Christine Hollander, Phillip A Dennis

“…Because these mutations confer resistance to commonly used cytotoxic chemotherapies and targeted agents, effective therapies that target K-Ras are needed. Inhibitors of mTOR such as rapamycin can prevent K-Ras-driven lung tumorigenesis and alter the proportion of cytotoxic and Foxp3+ regulatory T cells, suggesting that lung-associated T cells might be important for tumorigenesis.…”
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Increased nuclear expression of DNA damage inducible transcript 4 can serve as a potential prognostic biomarker in patients with gliomas: a study based on data mining and experimen... by Alireza Sadeghipour, Fahimeh Fattahi, Zahra Madjd, Fatemeh Tajik, Farnoosh Sedaghati, Leili Saeednejad Zanjani

“…Results Bioinformatics analysis revealed that DDIT4 overexpression in glioma tumors and its high mRNA expression levels are associated with poor outcomes, likely through mTOR signaling. At the protein level, positive nuclear DDIT4 expression was linked to higher histological grades and temozolomide treatment. …”
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Chinese Herbal Medicine in Ameliorating Diabetic Kidney Disease via Activating Autophagy by Yuyang Wang, Hailing Zhao, Qian Wang, Xuefeng Zhou, Xiaoguang Lu, Tongtong Liu, Yongli Zhan, Ping Li

“…In this review, we briefly summarize underlying mechanisms of autophagy dysregulation in DKD, including AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), and the sirtuin (Sirt) pathways, and we particularly concentrate on the current status of Chinese herbal medicine treating DKD by regulating autophagy. …”
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Lithium Improves Survival of PC12 Pheochromocytoma Cells in High-Density Cultures and after Exposure to Toxic Compounds by Cinzia Fabrizi, Stefania De Vito, Francesca Somma, Elena Pompili, Angela Catizone, Stefano Leone, Paola Lenzi, Francesco Fornai, Lorenzo Fumagalli

“…Lithium stimulates autophagy by decreasing the intracellular myo-inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate levels, while rapamycin acts through the inhibition of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). The correlation between autophagy and cell death is still a matter of debate especially in transformed cells. …”
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Integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis of liver reveals unsynchronized growth mechanisms in blunt-snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) by Qi Liu, Xue Zou, Ming Zhao, Qianqian Guan, Zhaoyang Xuan, Lusha Liu, Zexia Gao

“…These more abundant DEMs were prominently enriched in pathways associated with cell proliferation and energy metabolism (Oxidative phosphorylation, mTOR signaling pathway and FoxO signaling pathway). …”
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Comparative transcriptomic and metabolomics analysis of ovary in Nilaparvata lugens after trehalase inhibition by Yongkang Liu, Fan Yang, Sijing Wan, Xianzhong Wang, Liwen Guan, Yan Li, Caidi Xu, Binghua Xie, Shigui Wang, Xiao-Ling Tan, Bin Tang

“…The overlapping DEGs were implicated in various biological processes, including protein metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, AMPK signaling, mTOR signaling, insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling (IIS), the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, and the cellular process of meiosis in oocytes. …”
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Small RNA sequencing highlights potential functions of tsRNAs in regulating pyroptosis in trigeminal neuralgia by Mizhen Qiu, Fei Zeng, Yi Yan, Mu Xu, Xuexue Zhang, Zhijian Wang, Yutong Wang, Daying Zhang, Shibiao Chen

“…KEGG pathway enrichment showed that DEtsRNAs were mainly involved in pyroptosis-related pathways, such as MAPK, ErbB, and mTOR signaling pathways. RT-qPCR showed that pyroptosis-related DEtsRNAs of tsRNA003489, tsRNA001840, and tsRNA003424 were downregulated in TN. …”
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Silymarin: a promising modulator of apoptosis and survival signaling in cancer by Ujjawal Sharma, Praveen Kumar Sahni, Bunty Sharma, Madhu Gupta, Damandeep Kaur, Darin Mansor Mathkor, Shafiul Haque, Sabiha Khatoon, Hardeep Singh Tuli, Astha Mishra, Faraz Ahmad

“…The present review centres on the function of silymarin in controlling important signalling pathways related to apoptosis and survival, such as the JAK/STAT pathway, PI3K/Akt/mTOR, Bcl-2/Bax, and Fas/FasL. It is emphasised that silymarin's capacity to target these pathways is a key mechanism behind its anticancer effects against a variety of malignancies. …”
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The Role of Autophagy and Related MicroRNAs in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Shiyuan Wang, Yan Huang, Cili Zhou, Huangan Wu, Jimeng Zhao, Luyi Wu, Min Zhao, Fang Zhang, Huirong Liu

“…Regarding autophagy-related pathways, miR-146b, miR-221-5p, miR-132, miR-223, miR-155, and miR-21 regulate NF-κB or mTOR signaling to induce or inhibit autophagy in intestinal cells by releasing anti- or proinflammatory factors, respectively.…”
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Stevenleaf from Gynostemma Pentaphyllum inhibits human hepatoma cell (HepG2) through cell cycle arrest and apoptotic induction by Sayed Sajid Hussain, Fan Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Kiran Thakur, Mahrukh Naudhani, Carlos L. Cespedes-Acuña, Zhaojun Wei

“…SV efficiently up-regulated TNF R1, TRADD1 and FADD and down-regulated Caspase8 for cell death receptors; similarly, up-regulated Bax, Bak, Cyt c, Apaf1, Caspase3 and Caspase9, and down-regulated Bcl2, Bcl xl and Bad for mitochondrial signal pathway. SV induced the mTOR-mediated cell apoptosis in HepG2 cells via activation of Akt and AMPK. …”
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MiR-25-3p regulates pulmonary arteriovenous malformation after Glenn procedure in patients with univentricular heart via the PHLPP2-HIF-1α axis by Junpei Kawamura, Munekazu Yamakuchi, Kentaro Ueno, Teruto Hashiguchi, Yasuhiro Okamoto

“…HIF-1α and VEGF-A expression levels were increased in HMVEC-L transfected with miR-25-3p mimic compared to the control cells in a PHLPP2/Akt/mTOR signaling-dependent manner after hypoxic stimulation. …”
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Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Prospects of Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma by Lin Zhong MM, Anqing Lu MB, Xiyue Lu MM, Xiaoyin Liu MD, Lujia Cao MM, Shihong Zhu MM, SiJun Diao MM, Xu Cheng MM, Hongwei Wu MB, Jing Chen MD

“…With a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of PCNSL, various therapies, including CD20 monoclonal antibodies, Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors, immunomodulatory drugs, immune checkpoint inhibitors, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3 K)/mammalian target of rapamycin(mTOR) inhibitors, and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) -T cells are increasingly being applied and have demonstrated considerable efficacy. …”
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Rapamycin Improves Palmitate-Induced ER Stress/NF κ B Pathways Associated with Stimulating Autophagy in Adipocytes by Jiajing Yin, Liping Gu, Yufan Wang, Nengguang Fan, Yuhang Ma, Yongde Peng

“…In present study, we examined the activity of rapamycin, a mTOR kinase inhibitor, against endoplasmic reticulum stress and inflammation in adipocytes. …”
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N-Acetylcysteine Attenuates Diabetic Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury through Inhibiting Excessive Autophagy by Sheng Wang, Chunyan Wang, Fuxia Yan, Tingting Wang, Yi He, Haobo Li, Zhengyuan Xia, Zhongjun Zhang

“…The results showed that cardiac levels of 15-F2t-Isoprostane were increased and that autophagy was evidenced as increases in ratio of LC3 II/I and protein P62 and AMPK and mTOR expressions were significantly increased in diabetic compared to nondiabetic rats, concomitant with increased postischemic myocardial infarct size and CK-MB release but decreased Akt and eNOS activation. …”
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A dynamic co-expression approach reveals Gins2 as a potential upstream modulator of HNSCC metastasis by Nasibeh Khayer, Samira Shabani, Maryam Jalessi, Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Frouzandeh Mahjoubi

“…The results highlighted the “PI3K/AKT/mTOR (PAM) signaling pathway” as a disrupted pathway involved in the metastatic nature of HNSCC. …”
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Detection of The TNFSF Members BAFF, APRIL, TWEAK and Their Receptors in Normal Kidney and Renal Cell Carcinomas by Vassiliki Pelekanou, George Notas, Katerina Theodoropoulou, Marilena Kampa, Dimitrios Takos, Vassilia-Ismini Alexaki, Jelena Radojicic, Frank Sofras, Andreas Tsapis, Efstathios N. Stathopoulos, Elias Castanas

“…Therapeutic modalities targeting VEGF, PDGF, and c-kit using tyrosine kinase inhibitors and m-TOR using specific biologic factors are in development. …”
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