title: Growing roles for the mTOR pathway.
abstract: The mammalian TOR (mTOR) pathway is a key regulator of cell growth and proliferation and increasing evidence suggests that its deregulation is associated with human diseases, including cancer and diabetes. The mTOR pathway integrates signals from nutrients, energy status and growth factors to regulate many processes, including autophagy, ribosome biogenesis and metabolism. Recent work identifying two structurally and functionally distinct mTOR-containing multiprotein complexes and TSC1/2, rheb, and AMPK as upstream regulators of mTOR is beginning to reveal how mTOR can sense diverse signals and produce a myriad of responses.
authors.affiliation: Whitehead Institute, MIT Department of Biology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachussetts 02142, USA.
authors.forename: Dos D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Sarbassov
authors.forename: Siraj M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Sabatini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004194:Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
chemical_list: D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011494:Protein Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; C546842:MTOR protein, human; C494918:AKT1 protein, human