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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Future Oncol. 2010 Mar;6(3):457–470. doi: 10.2217/fon.09.174

Figure 1. Essential Roles of LKB1/AMPK in controlling cell growth and tumorigenesis.

Figure 1

LKB1/AMPK by regulating mTORC1, p53 and other important molecules control cellular processes, such as cell cycle checkpoint, apoptosis, autophagy and cell polarity. Dysregulation of LKB1/AMPK causes loss of these control points and thus leads to unrestrained growth. Only a few representative molecules that are directly relevant to growth control are listed here.

TZD: Thiazolidinedione.