mTOR activation is increased in pilocytic astrocytomas from older adults compared with children.
CONCLUSIONS: Identifying mTOR phosphorylation/activation may represent a difference in biology and a new marker to guide chemotherapy with recently approved mTOR inhibitors.
PMID: 28607819 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Surgical Neurology International - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research
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