Challenges and Emerging Opportunities for Targeting mTOR in Cancer.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays a key role in normal and malignant cell growth. However, pharmacologic targeting of mTOR in cancer has shown little clinical benefit, in spite of aberrant hyperactivation of mTOR in most solid tumors. Here, we discuss possible reasons for the reduced clinical efficacy of mTOR inhibition and highlight lessons learned from recent combination clinical trials and approved indications of mTOR inhibitors in cancer. We also discuss how the emerging systems level understanding of mTOR signaling in cancer can be exploited for the clinical development of novel multimodal precision targeted therapies and immunotherapies aimed at achieving tumor remission.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Wood, KC; Gutkind, JS
Published Date
- November 2022
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 82 / 21
Start / End Page
- 3884 - 3887
PubMed ID
- 36321262
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC9634680
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1538-7445
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0008-5472
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1158/0008-5472.can-22-0602
Language
- eng