W nt5 A promotes an adaptive, senescent‐like stress response, while continuing to drive invasion in melanoma cells

MR Webster, M Xu, KA Kinzler, A Kaur… - Pigment cell & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We have previously shown that W nt5 A drives invasion in melanoma. We have also shown
that W nt5 A promotes resistance to therapy designed to target the BRAF V600E mutation in …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells are a major source of Wnt5A in the melanoma microenvironment and depend on Wnt5A for full suppressive activity

SM Douglass, ME Fane, E Sanseviero, BL Ecker… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Metastatic dissemination remains a significant barrier to successful therapy for melanoma.
Wnt5A is a potent driver of invasion in melanoma and is believed to be secreted from the …

The Wnts of change: How Wnts regulate phenotype switching in melanoma

MR Webster, CH Kugel III, AT Weeraratna - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2015 - Elsevier
The outgrowth of metastatic and therapy-resistant subpopulations in cancer remains a
critical barrier for the successful treatment of this disease. In melanoma, invasion and …

Paradoxical role for wild-type p53 in driving therapy resistance in melanoma

MR Webster, ME Fane, GM Alicea, S Basu… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Metastatic melanoma is an aggressive disease, despite recent improvements in therapy.
Eradicating all melanoma cells even in drug-sensitive tumors is unsuccessful in patients …

In the Wnt-er of life: Wnt signalling in melanoma and ageing

A Kaur, MR Webster, AT Weeraratna - British journal of cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Although the clinical landscape of melanoma is improving rapidly, metastatic melanoma
remains a deadly disease. Age remains one of the greatest risk factors for melanoma, and …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin-6 drives melanoma cell motility through p38α-MAPK-dependent up-regulation of WNT5A expression

R Linnskog, G Jönsson, L Axelsson, CP Prasad… - Molecular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Extensive research has demonstrated a tumor-promoting role of increased WNT5A
expression in malignant melanoma. However, very little light has been shed upon how …

Wnt7a is a novel inducer of β-catenin-independent tumor-suppressive cellular senescence in lung cancer

RK Bikkavilli, S Avasarala, M Van Scoyk, J Arcaroli… - Oncogene, 2015 - nature.com
Cellular senescence is an initial barrier for carcinogenesis. However, the signaling
mechanisms that trigger cellular senescence are incompletely understood, particularly in …

WNT5A expression increases during melanoma progression and correlates with outcome

PD Da Forno, JH Pringle, P Hutchinson, J Osborn… - Clinical Cancer …, 2008 - AACR
Purpose: Wnt ligands play a major role in development and are important in cancer.
Expression microarray analysis correlates one member of this family, WNT5A, to a subclass …

Hear the Wnt Ror: how melanoma cells adjust to changes in Wnt

MP O'Connell, AT Weeraratna - Pigment cell & melanoma …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The interplay between canonical and non‐canonical Wnt pathways in development and
tumorigenesis is tightly regulated. In this review we will describe the yin and the yang of …

Wnt5A regulates expression of tumor-associated antigens in melanoma via changes in signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 phosphorylation

SK Dissanayake, PB Olkhanud, MP O'Connell, A Carter… - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
There are currently no effective therapies for metastatic melanoma and targeted
immunotherapy results in the remission of only a very small percentage of tumors. In this …