Copper Promotes Tumorigenesis by Activating the PDK1‐AKT Oncogenic Pathway in a Copper Transporter 1 Dependent Manner

Abstract Copper plays pivotal roles in metabolic homoeostasis, but its potential role in human tumorigenesis is not well defined. Here, it is revealed that copper activates the phosphoinositide 3‐kinase (PI3K)‐protein kinase B (PKB, also termed AKT) oncogenic signaling pathway to facilitate tumorige...

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Main Authors: Jianping Guo, Ji Cheng, Nana Zheng, Xiaomei Zhang, Xiaoming Dai, Linli Zhang, Changjiang Hu, Xueji Wu, Qiwei Jiang, Depei Wu, Hitoshi Okada, Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Wenyi Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-09-01
Series:Advanced Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202004303