WNT as a driver and dependency in cancer

MJ Parsons, T Tammela, LE Dow - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
The WNT signaling pathway is a critical regulator of development and adult tissue
homeostasis and becomes dysregulated in many cancer types. Although hyperactivation of …

Disease-modifying therapeutic strategies in osteoarthritis: current status and future directions

Y Cho, S Jeong, H Kim, D Kang, J Lee… - … & molecular medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis. It is characterized by progressive
destruction of articular cartilage and the development of chronic pain and constitutes a …

New insights into the mechanisms of epithelial–mesenchymal transition and implications for cancer

A Dongre, RA Weinberg - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cellular programme that is known to be crucial
for embryogenesis, wound healing and malignant progression. During EMT, cell–cell and …

Cancer stem cells revisited

E Batlle, H Clevers - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
The cancer stem cell (CSC) concept was proposed four decades ago, and states that tumor
growth, analogous to the renewal of healthy tissues, is fueled by small numbers of dedicated …

TCF-1-centered transcriptional network drives an effector versus exhausted CD8 T cell-fate decision

Z Chen, Z Ji, SF Ngiow, S Manne, Z Cai, AC Huang… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
TCF-1 is a key transcription factor in progenitor exhausted CD8 T cells (Tex). Moreover, this
Tex cell subset mediates responses to PD-1 checkpoint pathway blockade. However, the …

Wnt signaling in cancer

T Zhan, N Rindtorff, M Boutros - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Wnt signaling is one of the key cascades regulating development and stemness, and has
also been tightly associated with cancer. The role of Wnt signaling in carcinogenesis has …

The multifaceted roles of fatty acid synthesis in cancer

F Röhrig, A Schulze - Nature reviews cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Lipid metabolism, in particular the synthesis of fatty acids (FAs), is an essential cellular
process that converts nutrients into metabolic intermediates for membrane biosynthesis …

miRNAs as potential game-changers in head and neck cancer: Future clinical and medicinal uses

HA El-Mahdy, AM Mohamadin, AI Abulsoud… - … -Research and Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
Head and neck cancers (HNCs) are a group of heterogeneous tumors formed most
frequently from epithelial cells of the larynx, lips, oropharynx, nasopharynx, and mouth …

[HTML][HTML] The regulation of β-catenin activity and function in cancer: therapeutic opportunities

S Shang, F Hua, ZW Hu - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Wnt/β-catenin signaling is an evolutionarily conserved and versatile pathway that is known
to be involved in embryonic development, tissue homeostasis and a wide variety of human …

Hippo signaling in embryogenesis and development

Z Wu, KL Guan - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Hippo pathway components are structurally and functionally conserved and are notable for
their role in controlling organ size. More diverse functions of the Hippo pathway have been …