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  • Oncogenic PIK3CA induces centrosome amplification and tolerance to genome doubling.

Oncogenic PIK3CA induces centrosome amplification and tolerance to genome doubling.

Nature communications (2017-11-25)
Inma M Berenjeno, Roberto Piñeiro, Sandra D Castillo, Wayne Pearce, Nicholas McGranahan, Sally M Dewhurst, Valerie Meniel, Nicolai J Birkbak, Evelyn Lau, Laurent Sansregret, Daniele Morelli, Nnennaya Kanu, Shankar Srinivas, Mariona Graupera, Victoria E R Parker, Karen G Montgomery, Larissa S Moniz, Cheryl L Scudamore, Wayne A Phillips, Robert K Semple, Alan Clarke, Charles Swanton, Bart Vanhaesebroeck
ABSTRACT

Mutations in PIK3CA are very frequent in cancer and lead to sustained PI3K pathway activation. The impact of acute expression of mutant PIK3CA during early stages of malignancy is unknown. Using a mouse model to activate the Pik3ca

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