title: PKB/Akt: connecting phosphoinositide 3-kinase to cell survival and beyond.
abstract: PKB/Akt is a serine/threonine kinase that contains a pleckstrin-homology (PH) domain and is activated in response to growth-factor treatment of cells by a mechanism involving phosphoinositide 3-OH kinase. PKB/Akt provides a survival signal that protects cells from apoptosis induced by various stresses, perhaps explaining its discovery as a retroviral oncogene and its amplification in many human tumours.
authors.affiliation: Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Marte
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Downward
mesh_terms: D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
chemical_list: D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; C494918:AKT1 protein, human