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1
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what is signal transduction

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the process by which extracellular signals effect a change in the internal working of a cell

2
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why are there generally so many steps in signal transduction pathways? (3 potential reasons)

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signals can be modified at each step, signals can be amplified, signals can be distributed to several parallel processes

3
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how are signaling cascades relayed (3)?

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enzyme activity, protein-protein interactions, second messengers

4
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what are the three major classes of second messengers?

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cyclic nucleotides (cAMP, cGMP), IP3/DAG, Calcium ions

5
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why wont a cell survive in saline?

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cells depend on signaling from their micro-environment of growth and survival. without these signals the cell dies

6
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what explains why different cells respond differently to the same signal?

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difference in receptor structure, or difference in internal signaling pathways

7
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How do the following cell types respond to ACh? heart muscle cell, salivary gland, skeletal muscle cell

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heart: decrease rate and force of contraction
salivary: increase secretion
skeletal: contraction

8
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how are signals withdrawn?

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the signaling molecule can be down-regulated (degraded) or the recepotr can be down-regulated (inactivated, reduced synthesis, internalized)

9
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What is acetylcholinesterase?

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enzyme normally found in the synapses between cholinergic neurons and muscle that degraged ACh

10
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What causes Myasthenia Gravis? how can it be treated

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body produces antibodies against ACh receptors. Treatment is an acetlycholinesterase inhibitor that increases the concentraiton of ACh to compensate for decreased receptors

11
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What are some examples of immediate modifications to cells in response to signaling?

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changes in cell shape or activity

12
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what are some examples of long-term changes to cells in response to signlaing?

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changes in growth rate or differentiation (things that require gene expression and protein synthesis)

13
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what are the three types of extracellular signaling pathways

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Cell-surface receptors, intracellular receptors, gases

14
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describe the structure of GPCRs

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extracellular ligand-binding domain, 7 transmembrane domain, intracellular domain that binds G-proteins

15
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G-proteins are active when? inactive?

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active when GTP bound, inactive when bound to GDP

16
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What is the structure of lipid linked G-proteins?

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trimeric: alpha, beta and gamma subunits

17
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what are the steps involved in the GPCR pathway

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  1. ligand binds GPCR causing confirmational change in the alpha subunit
  2. alpha subunit of G protein exchanges GDP for GTP (GTP is now attached)
  3. the alpha and beta/gamma subunits dissociate and move on to activate or inhibit target proteins
  4. GTP bound to alpha subunit is eventually hydrolyzed to GDP causing reassembly of alpha/beta/gamma
18
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For each g-protein give the active unit and function:
Gs
Gi
Go

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Gs: alpha, activates adenyl cyclase
Gi: alpha, inhibits adenyl cyclase
Go: beta/gamma, activates K channels; also phopholipase C

19
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in general, enzyme linked receptors (RTKs) are involved with_____ that produce ______ effects on cells

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GFs: cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, survival

long-term

20
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what is the best example of an enzyme-linked receptor?

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RTKs

21
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what is a kinase?

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an enzyme that post-translationally phosphorylates a target molecule

22
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Tyrosine kinase phosphorylate which residue?

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Tyrosine

23
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Ser/Thr kinases phosphorlyate which residue?

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Ser/Thr

24
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what percent of human proteins are phosphorylated? what charge does phosphorylation add to a protein?

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30%, negative charge

25
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what is a phosphatase?

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dephosphorylates molecules

26
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describe the structure of RTKs

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single pass transmembrane proteins with an extracellular receptor domain and an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain

27
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Describe the steps in RTK signaling

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  1. ligand binds causing alpha and beta RTK subunits to dimerize
  2. the subunits autophosphorylate each others Tyr residues
  3. activated tyrosine kinases bind SH2 domain-containing proteins
  4. various pathways proceed
28
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where do we see ion-linked receptors? how are they opened/closed

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transduction of neural signals. neurotransmitters bind to receptors that transiently open/close ion channels

29
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how do intracellular receptors work?

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small, hydrophobic molecules diffuse across plasma membrane and are capture by the intracellular receptors. the intracellular receptor then enters the nucleus where they can affect gene expression

30
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how do small hydrophobic (intracellular receptor ligands) exist in plasma?

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associated with a carrier protein becuase they cant exist in an aq environment by themselves

31
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what is an example of a ligand for an intracellular receptor?

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steroid hormones derived from cholesterol

32
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How does NO act as a signal molecule?

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NO binds to and activates guanylyl cyclase which produces second messenger cGMP

33
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increased cGMP levels does what?

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relaxes smooth muscle cells (NO indirectly causes vasodilation)

34
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how is NO synthesized?

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from Arginine by the enzyme NO synthase

35
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Vasodilation has what impact on BP

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Lowers it nogga

36
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how do erectile dysfunctions drugs work?

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inhibits cGMP breakdown and cause continuous vasodilation. this ensures blood goes to genitals

37
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how is cAMP made? where is this enzyme located?

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synthesized from ATP by adenylyl cyclase. located in the membrane

38
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how is cAMP degraded?

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cAMP phosphodiesterase this enzyme is always active

39
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the actions of adenylyl cyclase (to produce cAMP) is stimulated by? inhibited by?

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stimulated by Gs (GPCR, alpha subunit)

inhibited by Gi (GPCR, alpha subunit)

40
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what is the function of cAMP

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cAMP can activate protein kinase A

41
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what is the fxn (2) of PKA?

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PKA can phosphorylate protieins int eh cytosol or PKA can travel into the nucleus where it activates other proteins that regulate gene transcription

42
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E and NE bind which G-protein linked class of receptors?

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adrenergic receptors

43
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what does the stimulation of heart adrenergic receptors do?

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increase heart rate

44
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what are beta blockers? what are they used for?

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antagonist of some adrenergic receptors that are used to treat hypertension

45
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how does Cholera toxin work?

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cholera toxin adds ADP-ribose to the alpha subunit of Gs and prevent the hydrolysis of GTP to GDP. this causes excess cAMP and a massive flow of water into intestinal lumen.

46
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how is cGMP produced? degraded?

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produced: guanlyly cyclase

broken down: cGMP phosphodiesterase

47
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Role of cGMP

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important in smooth muscle relaxation and vasodilation

48
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what is PIP2

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phoshpatidylinositol (a phospholipid on the inner leaflet of PM) with 2 phosphate groups attached

49
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what is the role of phospholipase C? how is it activated?

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PLC breaks down PIP2 into DAG (remains in membrane) and IP3 free to roam cytosol. activated by a GPCR

50
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the products of PIP2 cleavage via phospholipase C are DAG and IP2, what are their roles

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DAG: activates PKC which plays a role in phosphorylation/activation of other proteins

IP3: triggers opening of Ca channels in ER

51
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When talking about RTKs what are adaptors?

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a protein that contains an SH2 domain and binds to RTK but only acts as a scaffold for other proteins to attach

52
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what is Ras, how is it activated?

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a monomeric G-protein, activated downstream of RTK (RTK–>Adaptor protein–>Ras-activating protein–>Ras)

53
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What pathway does Ras activate?

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the MAP-kinase cascade (MAP-kinase kinase kinase–>MAP kinase kinase–>MAP kinase). plays a role in cell proliferation. some MAP kinase pathways are activated by cell stress.

54
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mutations in Ras are seen in what % of all human cancer?

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30%, Ras is an ocogene

55
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what is the role of PI-3 Kinase? how is PI-3K activated?

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phosphorylates PIP2 to make PIP3. PI-3K is activated by Ras

56
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what are two enzyme-linked receptors that do not require long cascaded of signal proteins?

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JAK-STAT pathway and TGF-Beta pathway

57
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what are cytokine recepotrs?

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the collective name for JAK-STAT receptors, important in immunity and inflammation

58
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what is unique about the JAK-STAT pathway

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the receptor does not have intrinsic kinase ability so it bind JAK, a cytoplasmic kinase

59
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describe the steps in the JAK-STAT pathway

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cytokine binds receptor–> cytokine receptors dimerize and associated JAKs cross phosphorlyate each other–>activated receptors recruit and phosphorylate STAT–>STAT enter nucleus and affect gene expression

60
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What type of enzymatic activity do TFG-beta receptors have

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Ser/The kinase

61
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what is the signal cascade for TGF-Beta receptors?

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TGF-Beta binds TFG-Beta receptor–>receptor phosphorylates itself and becomes active–>activated TGF-beta activated intracellular SMAD–>SMAD travel to nucleus and regulate gene expression

62
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what % of our genes encode protein kinases

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2%! wow thats alot

63
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do all signaling pathways act independtly of each other?

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no there is extensive cross talk among signaling pathways

64
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Beta-adrenergic receptors are what type of receptor? what is their ligand?

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GPCR. E/NE

65
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what is the role of B-adrenergic receptors?

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play a predominant role in regulating contractility of heart muscle. there are atleast nine adrenergic receptors in the heart, but B-AR are most prominant in regulating heart fxn

66
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what type of G-protein do B-ARs associate with?

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Gs. Recall: Gs activates adenyl cyclase and the PKA pathway. PKA phophorylates cytoplasmic targets that regulate contractility, relxation, and Heart Rate

67
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what is desensitization? which type of receptor is it seen in?

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the minimization of receptor activity due to continous agonist binding. GPCRs

68
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Why is desensitization helpful?

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there are conditions such as chronic stress and disease in which high levels of E/NE are expressed. Desensit. prevents continual B-AR activation

69
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what are the three mechanisms in which GPCR can be desensitized?

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down regulation (decrease receptor synthesis or degrade), sequestration (internalization of receptor), inactivation (phosphorylation)

70
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What is the role of GRKs? when is the only time GRKs work?

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phosphorylate GPCRs and inactivate them. GRKs can only phosphorylate GPCRs that have been activated by ligand binding

71
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what occurs after GRKs phosphorylate GPCRs?

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Arrestin binds to GPCR rather than a G-protein (arrestin is involved in other signaling pathways

72
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what effect does heart failure have on beta-AR signaling? how can you treat heart failure?

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damage to heart causes an increase in Sympa NS and produces chronically high levels of E/NE. This desensitizes beta-ARs due to up regulation of GRKs. this further weakens the heart. paradoxically treating heart failure patients with beta blockers improves beta-AR signaling

73
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insulin receptors are what type of receptor?

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RTK

74
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what is the main fxn of the insulin pathway?

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triggers vesicles with GLUT4 in their membrane to fuse with the plasma membrane thus increasing glucose uptake in cells

75
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what is the role of PTEN

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PTEN is a phosphatase that converts PIP3 to PIP2

76
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the activated insulin receptor activates what two pathways?

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MAP kinase signaling pathway and PI-3K signaling pathway

77
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much of the effects of the PI-3K pathway is due to downstream activating of….what are these effects?

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AKT. cell cycle, apoptosis, cell survival, glucose metabolism, immune response, neural development

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