Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Hedgehog signalling

Y Zhang, PA Beachy - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
The Hedgehog signalling pathway has crucial roles in embryonic tissue patterning,
postembryonic tissue regeneration, and cancer, yet aspects of Hedgehog signal …

Challenges to curing primary brain tumours

K Aldape, KM Brindle, L Chesler, R Chopra… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2019 - nature.com
Despite decades of research, brain tumours remain among the deadliest of all forms of
cancer. The ability of these tumours to resist almost all conventional and novel treatments …

Cellular signalling by primary cilia in development, organ function and disease

Z Anvarian, K Mykytyn, S Mukhopadhyay… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Primary cilia project in a single copy from the surface of most vertebrate cell types; they
detect and transmit extracellular cues to regulate diverse cellular processes during …

Unified rhombic lip origins of group 3 and group 4 medulloblastoma

KS Smith, L Bihannic, BL Gudenas, P Haldipur, R Tao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma, a malignant childhood cerebellar tumour, segregates molecularly into
biologically distinct subgroups, suggesting that a personalized approach to therapy would …

Emerging mechanistic understanding of cilia function in cellular signalling

KI Hilgendorf, BR Myers, JF Reiter - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Primary cilia are solitary, immotile sensory organelles present on most cells in the body that
participate broadly in human health, physiology and disease. Cilia generate a unique …

Developmental pathways in the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis

D Chanda, E Otoupalova, SR Smith, T Volckaert… - Molecular aspects of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and terminal lung disease with no known
cure. IPF is a disease of aging, with median age of diagnosis over 65 years. Median survival …

Medulloblastoma

PA Northcott, GW Robinson, CP Kratz… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2019 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma (MB) comprises a biologically heterogeneous group of embryonal tumours
of the cerebellum. Four subgroups of MB have been described (WNT, sonic hedgehog …

Targeting the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway: review of smoothened and GLI inhibitors

TK Rimkus, RL Carpenter, S Qasem, M Chan, HW Lo - Cancers, 2016 - mdpi.com
The sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway is a major regulator of cell differentiation, cell
proliferation, and tissue polarity. Aberrant activation of the Shh pathway has been shown in …

Enhancer hijacking activates GFI1 family oncogenes in medulloblastoma

PA Northcott, C Lee, T Zichner, AM Stütz, S Erkek… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma is a highly malignant paediatric brain tumour currently treated with a
combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, posing a considerable burden of …

Molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma: an international meta-analysis of transcriptome, genetic aberrations, and clinical data of WNT, SHH, Group 3, and Group 4 …

M Kool, A Korshunov, M Remke, DTW Jones… - Acta …, 2012 - Springer
Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in childhood. Molecular studies
from several groups around the world demonstrated that medulloblastoma is not one …