The Wnt/β-catenin pathway as a therapeutic target in human hepatocellular carcinoma

R Dahmani, PA Just, C Perret - Clinics and research in hepatology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related death
worldwide. However, targeted therapies are still at their beginning for the treatment of this …

Beta-catenin signaling in murine liver zonation and regeneration: a Wnt-Wnt situation!

J Yang, LE Mowry, KN Nejak-Bowen, H Okabe… - Hepatology, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Liver-specific β-catenin knockout (β-Catenin-LKO) mice have revealed an essential role of β-
catenin in metabolic zonation where it regulates pericentral gene expression and in initiating …

A Complex Interplay between Wnt/β‐Catenin Signalling and the Cell Cycle in the Adult Liver

A Gougelet, S Colnot - International journal of hepatology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Canonical Wnt signalling, governed by its effector β‐catenin, is known for a long time as
playing an important role in development, tissue homeostasis, and cancer. In the liver, it was …

Points of therapeutic intervention along the Wnt signaling pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma

SB Nambotin, JR Wands, M Kim - Anti-Cancer Agents in …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide.
However, there is little known about targeted therapeutics for the treatment of this …

[HTML][HTML] Extra-and intra-cellular mechanisms of hepatic stellate cell activation

Y Yan, J Zeng, L Xing, C Li - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hepatic fibrosis is characterized by the pathological accumulation of extracellular matrix
(ECM) in the liver resulting from the persistent liver injury and wound-healing reaction …

Role of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma, pathogenesis, and clinical significance

AM Khalaf, D Fuentes, AI Morshid… - Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common primary hepatic malignancies
and one of the fastest-growing causes of cancer-related mortality in the United States. The …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms and potential new therapeutic drugs for liver fibrosis

FD Wang, J Zhou, EQ Chen - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Liver fibrosis is the pathological process of excessive extracellular matrix deposition after
liver injury and is a precursor to cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It is essentially a …

[HTML][HTML] Liver fibrosis and hepatic stellate cells: Etiology, pathological hallmarks and therapeutic targets

CY Zhang, WG Yuan, P He, JH Lei… - World journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Liver fibrosis is a reversible wound-healing process aimed at maintaining organ integrity,
and presents as the critical pre-stage of liver cirrhosis, which will eventually progress to …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology and treatment options for hepatic fibrosis: can it be completely cured?

A Khanam, PG Saleeb, S Kottilil - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hepatic fibrosis is a dynamic process that occurs as a wound healing response against liver
injury. During fibrosis, crosstalk between parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells …

[HTML][HTML] TGF-β in hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrogenesis—updated 2019

B Dewidar, C Meyer, S Dooley, N Meindl-Beinker - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Liver fibrosis is an advanced liver disease condition, which could progress to cirrhosis and
hepatocellular carcinoma. To date, there is no direct approved antifibrotic therapy, and …