Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE In tuberous sclerosis (TSC)-associated tumors, mutations in the TSC genes lead to aberrant activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling pathway. mTORC1 signaling impacts many biological processes including the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which is suggested to promote tumor progression and metastasis in various types of cancer. 31207499 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is frequently overactivated in cancer, and drives cell growth, proliferation, survival, and metastasis. 31244112 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The expressions of PI3K, PKB, and mTOR proteins were associated with T stage, N stage, clinical stage, relapse, and distant metastasis. 30582216 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Activation of mTOR promotes tumor growth and metastasis. 31277692 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE In this study, myeloid cell-specific Raptor knockout (KO) mice were used to determine the roles of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) in regulating macrophage function from Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) s.c. tumors and lung tumor metastasis. 30665937 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Recently, activation of mTOR pathway independent of KIT signaling was demonstrated in imatinib mesylate naïve malignant GISTs and treatment-resistant metastatic tumors. 28777148 2019
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) of MTOR, TSC1 and TSC2 genes in the primary tumor, metastasis and blood of the patient, revealed one inactivating TSC2 mutation (c.2739dup; p.K914*) in the tumor cells. 29764404 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE PPP2R2D, a regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A, promotes gastric cancer growth and metastasis via mechanistic target of rapamycin activation. 29568966 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE The metastatic tumor also had an activating MTOR mutation, which may be important for tumor metastasis. 30176882 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Accordingly, these cells activate the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway, which is thought to be advantageous for cancer cell metastasis. 29399186 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays a critical role in the regulation of tumor cell motility, invasion and cancer cell metastasis. mTOR consists of two separate multi-protein complexes, mTOR complex (mTORC) 1 and mTORC2. 29491094 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE This review focuses on the downstream mTOR-regulated processes that are implicated in the "hallmarks" of cancer with focus on mTOR's involvement in proliferative signalling, metabolic reprogramming, angiogenesis and metastasis. 29301334 2018
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE We propose that the AKT-mTOR-STAT3 axis is a potential therapeutic target for blocking the invasion and metastasis of breast cancers. 29212252 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Overexpression of CHKA in HCC cell lines increased their invasiveness, resistance to EGFR inhibitors, and ability to form metastatic tumors in mice by promoting interaction of EGFR with mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 2. 28065789 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Here, complementary studies in human tumors, cancer models and cell lines reveal transcriptional reprogramming that supports metastasis in response to mTOR inhibition. 27991928 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE In cancer tissues, p-mTOR expression was higher in adenocarcinoma than in other types of cancers, in metastatic cancer than in primary cancer, and in the forefront of the infiltrating cancer cells. 28831205 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The dysregulated mTOR and PRKA pathway could remodel cell metabolism during the growth and metastasis of cancer in order for the cancer cell to survive the unfavorable microenvironment such as hypoxia and low blood supply. 28465145 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE This study was conducted to find the impact of genetic variations in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase(PI3K)/phosphatase and tensin homologue(PTEN)/v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homologue(AKT)/mammalian target of rapamycin(mTOR) pathway on the risk of distant metastasis in NPC. 27876891 2016
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Our results indicate that LAL has a critical role in regulating MDSCs' ability to directly stimulate cancer cell proliferation and overcome immune rejection of cancer metastasis in allogeneic mice through modulation of the mTOR pathway, which provides a mechanistic basis for targeting MDSCs to reduce the risk of cancer metastasis. 24882582 2015
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Here we review phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mTOR signaling as one of the primary mechanisms for sustaining tumor outgrowth and metastasis, recent advances in the development of mTOR inhibitors, and current studies addressing mTOR activation/inhibition in colorectal cancer (CRC). 24393708 2014
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype RGD mTOR inhibitor RAD001 promotes metastasis in a rat model of pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer. 23149918 2013
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Loss of p(Ser2448)-mTOR expression was linked to tumor metastasis (p = 0.0275) in ERG-fusion-positive cancers only. 22886792 2013
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a destructive lung disease of women associated with the metastasis of tuberin-null cells with hyperactive mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) activity. 23983265 2013
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinase, a downstream effector of PI3K/Akt signaling, regulates tumorigenesis and metastasis of CRCs, indicating that mTOR inhibition may have therapeutic potential. 22696593 2012
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.300 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Only cytoplasmic phospho-mTOR showed independent prognostic significance (P = .029) and fidelity between primary RCCs and their matched metastases (P = .004). 20830770 2011