David Adams and colleagues identify inactivating mutations in CUX1 in diverse human cancers. They validate CUX1 as a tumor suppressor using mouse and Drosophila cancer models, and show that CUX1 deficiency activates phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling through transcriptional downregulation of a PI3K inhibitor.
- Chi C Wong
- Inigo Martincorena
- David J Adams