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mTOR in health and in sickness

Liko, Dritan ; Hall, Michael

In: Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2015, vol. 93, no. 10, p. 1061-1073

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

The mTOR Pathway in Breast Cancer

Hynes, Nancy ; Boulay, Anne

In: Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia, 2006, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 53-61

Université de Fribourg

mTOR signalling: the molecular interface connecting metabolic stress, aging and cardiovascular diseases

Yang, Zhihong ; Ming, Xiu-Fen

In: Obesity Reviews, 2012, vol. 13, no. S2, p. 58–68

The continuing increase in the prevalence of obesity and metabolic disorders such as type-II diabetes and an accelerating aging population globally will remain the major contributors to cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in the 21st century. It is well known that aging is highly associated with metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Growing evidence also shows that obesity and metabolic...

Université de Fribourg

Perspectives of targeting mTORC1–S6K1 in cardiovascular aging

Ming, Xiu-Fen ; Montani, Jean-Pierre ; Yang, Zhihong

In: Frontiers in Vascular Physiology, 2012, vol. 3, p. 5

The global population aging is accelerating and age-associated diseases including cardiovascular diseases become more challenging. The underlying mechanisms of aging and age-associated cardiovascular dysfunction remain elusive. There are substantial evidences demonstrating a pivotal role of the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) and its down-stream effector S6K1 signaling in...

Université de Fribourg

Opposing and uncoupling effects of mTOR and S6K1 in the regulation of endothelial tissue factor expression

Ming, Xiu-Fen ; Rajapakse, Angana Gupta ; Carvas, João Miguel ; Ruffieux, Jean ; Yang, Zhihong

In: Febs Letters, 2010, vol. 58, no. 1, p. 135-140

Rapamycin has been reported to enhance tissue factor (TF) expression. The present study investigated roles of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and its downstream S6K1 in this process. We showed here that, consistent with rapamycin, knocking-down mTOR enhanced thrombin-induced TF mRNA and protein levels, whereas silencing S6K1 mitigated up-regulation of TF protein but not TF mRNA level. The...