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Improving the lives of individuals with macrocephaly-capillary malformation syndrome. M-CM is caused by mosaic PIK3CA mutations. Tweets by @_chrisco

M-CM Network reposted

The next phase of our MENTAL HEALTH project is here & WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE:   Could you spare a little time to fill out our survey: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ea…   Thank you so much for your help Mandy & the GoPI3Ks team. @CAR_UWE those tagged could u pls can you share, thanks ☺️

GoPI3Ks's tweet image. The next phase of our MENTAL HEALTH project is here & WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE:
 
Could you spare a little time to fill out our survey: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ea…
 
Thank you so much for your help
Mandy & the GoPI3Ks team. @CAR_UWE  those tagged could u pls can you share, thanks ☺️

M-CM Network reposted

The next phase of our MENTAL HEALTH project is here & WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE:   Could you spare a little time to fill out our survey: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ea…   Thank you so much for your help Mandy & the GoPI3Ks team. @CAR_UWE those tagged could u pls can you share, thanks ☺️

GoPI3Ks's tweet image. The next phase of our MENTAL HEALTH project is here & WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE:
 
Could you spare a little time to fill out our survey: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ea…
 
Thank you so much for your help
Mandy & the GoPI3Ks team. @CAR_UWE  those tagged could u pls can you share, thanks ☺️

M-CM Network reposted

Our latest paper is out today in @PNAS. Congratulations to Quitterie, Sophia, Marina, and the entire team!🍾🤩🥳PIK3CA gain-of-function mutation in Schwann cells leads to severe neuropathy and aerobic glycolysis through a non-cell autonomous effect | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…


M-CM Network reposted

Now online! Microbiome metabolism of dietary phytochemicals controls the anticancer activity of PI3K inhibitors dlvr.it/TL5t5S


M-CM Network reposted

Another #labfirsts : First publication from Neurodevelopment Lab @jncasr, with @VishalLolam in @FrontNeurol. Our review on #pediatric #epilepsy highlights mechanistic aspects of the disorder beyond channelopathies, emphasizing the importance of #PI3K_AKT_MTOR pathway.


M-CM Network reposted

We are excited to share our work on Context-dependent response of endothelial cells to PIK3CA mutation. A tour the force of many; thank you all for your invaluable contribution. bit.ly/4blKSqa


preprint: Activating PIK3CA Mutations of Adipose-derived Stem Cells Drive Mutant-like Phenotypes of Wild-type Cells in Macrodactyly doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.…


Oncogenic PIK3CA corrupts growth factor signaling specificity doi.org/10.1038/s44320… #openaccess “our quantitative PI3K signaling framework can now be used for screening purposes to identify therapeutic modalities that normalize growth factor-specific signal transfer”


Report on Alpelisib trial for PROS sciencedirect.com/science/articl…


Defining the transcriptome of PIK3CA-altered cells in a human capillary malformation using single cell long-read sequencing doi.org/10.1038/s41598… MCAP patient with p.His1047Tyr variant #OpenAccess


Our M-CM Network wall calendar is now available for 2025! This beloved community project features almost 100 patients affected by M-CM / MCAP. The calendar can be ordered from print-on-demand service Lulu Publishing. lulu.com/shop/m-cm-fami…

mcmdotnet's tweet image. Our M-CM Network wall calendar is now available for 2025! This beloved community project features almost 100 patients affected by M-CM / MCAP. The calendar can be ordered from print-on-demand service Lulu Publishing.  lulu.com/shop/m-cm-fami…

Non-Hotspot PIK3CA Variants Have Higher Variant Allele Frequency and are More Common in Syndromic Vascular Malformations doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a… #openaccess


These patients have typically been considered MCAP or M-CM patients. Germline variants are not particularly rare within our slice of PROS. It’s good to see cardiac and renal anomalies acknowledged, they occur in non-germline MCAP patients as well -CC doi.org/10.1093/bjd/lj…


Targeted therapy for capillary-venous malformations doi.org/10.1038/s41392… mouse models and patient cohort with both PIK3CA & TEK mutations + exploration of AKT involvement, effect of different inhibitors on models, & measurement of metabolites as possible biomarkers #openaccess


Atypical Presentation and Evolution of Necrotizing Enterocolitis as a PIK3CA Pathological Variant doi.org/10.7759/cureus… MCAP patient passed away at 9m


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