The PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway is hyperactivated in many tumors, as well as in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) which includes mycosis fungoides (MF) and the aggressive variant known as Sezary syndrome (SS).
Further, we demonstrated that miR-155 simultaneously regulates multiple parallel survival pathways (including JAK/STAT, MAPK/ERK and PI3K/AKT) previously associated with the pathogenesis of MF, and that these survival pathways are inhibited by cobomarsen in vitro.
We have already shown that AKT is activated in skin lesions in Mycosis Fungoides (MF) and we herein further investigate the frequency and clinical significance of PTEN and PI3K at the protein and at the DNA level as well as the presence of AKT1 mutations in skin lesions from 50 patients with MF clinical stages I-IV in relation to clinicopathological features.