Wnt signaling pathway: A comprehensive review

R Hayat, M Manzoor, A Hussain - Cell biology international, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cell biology international, 2022Wiley Online Library
Wnt signaling is an evolutionary cell‐to‐cell coordination mechanism and it is highly critical
for a variety of physiological processes of an organism's body, including stem cell
regeneration, proliferation, division, migration, polarity of a cell, determining fate of the cell
and specification of neural crest, neural symmetry and morphogenesis. Wnts are
extracellular secreted glycol proteins, consisted of a family of 19 human proteins that
represent the complex nature of the regulatory structure and physiological efficiency of …
Abstract
Wnt signaling is an evolutionary cell‐to‐cell coordination mechanism and it is highly critical for a variety of physiological processes of an organism's body, including stem cell regeneration, proliferation, division, migration, polarity of a cell, determining fate of the cell and specification of neural crest, neural symmetry and morphogenesis. Wnts are extracellular secreted glycol proteins, consisted of a family of 19 human proteins that represent the complex nature of the regulatory structure and physiological efficiency of signaling. Moreover, a Wnt/β‐catenin‐dependent pathway and the β‐catenin‐independent pathway that is further classified into the Planar Cell Polarity and Wnt/Ca2+ pathways have been established as key signaling nodes downstream of the frizzled (Fz/Fzd) receptor, and these nodes are extensively analyzed at biochemical and molecular levels. Genetic and epigenetic activities that ultimately characterize the pathway and its subsequent responses contribute to Wnt‐β‐catenin signaling pathway hypo or hyper‐activation and is associated with the variety of human disorders progression most significantly cancers. Recognizing how this mechanism operates is crucial to the advancement of cancer prevention therapies or regenerative medicine methods.
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