Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprint
Patient derived organoids reveal that PI3K/AKT signaling is an escape pathway for radioresistance and a target for therapy in rectal cancer.
K. Wanigasooriya, J. D. Barros-Silva, L. Tee…·A. D. Beggs
The paper identifies PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway upregulation as a mechanism of radioresistance in rectal cancer and shows that dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitors radiosensitize cancer cells in organoid models.
DOI 10.1101/2021.08.31.458326