title: Synthesis and biological activity of Akt/PI3K inhibitors.
abstract: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and serine/threonine protein kinase B (PKB or Akt) pathways regulate important cellular processes and are related to a number of human pathologies, such as cancer. The development of kinase inhibitors, with particular attention to small molecule analogues of natural phosphoinositides for pathway interruption and therapeutic applications will be reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy. cristina.redaelli@unimib.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Redaelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Granucci
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Gioia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cipolla
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007294:Inositol / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D011487:Protein Conformation; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D007294:Inositol; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt