[HTML][HTML] Wnt/β-catenin signaling, disease, and emerging therapeutic modalities

R Nusse, H Clevers - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The WNT signal transduction cascade is a main regulator of development throughout the
animal kingdom. Wnts are also key drivers of most types of tissue stem cells in adult …

Genetic analysis: Wnt and other pathways in nonsyndromic tooth agenesis

M Yu, SW Wong, D Han, T Cai - Oral diseases, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tooth agenesis (TA) is one of the most common developmental anomalies that affects the
number of teeth. An extensive analysis of publicly accessible databases revealed 15 …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations

CG Boer, K Hatzikotoulas, L Southam, L Stefánsdóttir… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Osteoarthritis affects over 300 million people worldwide. Here, we conduct a genome-wide
association study meta-analysis across 826,690 individuals (177,517 with osteoarthritis) and …

[HTML][HTML] Wnt signaling: Essential roles in osteoblast differentiation, bone metabolism and therapeutic implications for bone and skeletal disorders

R Vlashi, X Zhang, M Wu, G Chen - Genes & Diseases, 2023 - Elsevier
Wnt signaling executes an indispensable performance in osteoblast differentiation, bone
development, homeostasis, and remodeling. Wnt signals trigger the intracellular Wnt …

[HTML][HTML] Analyses of oligodontia phenotypes and genetic etiologies

M Zhou, H Zhang, H Camhi, F Seymen… - International journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Oligodontia is the congenital absence of six or more teeth and comprises the more severe
forms of tooth agenesis. Many genes have been implicated in the etiology of tooth agenesis …

[HTML][HTML] Intertwined signaling pathways governing tooth development: a give-and-take between canonical Wnt and Shh

F Hermans, L Hemeryck, I Lambrichts… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Teeth play essential roles in life. Their development relies on reciprocal interactions
between the ectoderm-derived dental epithelium and the underlying neural crest-originated …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular genetics and targeted therapy of WNT-related human diseases

M Katoh, M Katoh - International journal of …, 2017 - build.spandidos-publications.com
Canonical WNT signaling through Frizzled and LRP5/6 receptors is transduced to the
WNT/β-catenin and WNT/stabilization of proteins (STOP) signaling cascades to regulate cell …

[HTML][HTML] Tooth number abnormality: from bench to bedside

H Zhang, X Gong, X Xu, X Wang, Y Sun - International Journal of Oral …, 2023 - nature.com
Tooth number abnormality is one of the most common dental developmental diseases,
which includes both tooth agenesis and supernumerary teeth. Tooth development is …

Targeted sequencing and functional analysis reveal brain-size-related genes and their networks in autism spectrum disorders

J Li, L Wang, H Guo, L Shi, K Zhang, M Tang, S Hu… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a set of complex neurodevelopmental disorders
with large degrees of heritability and heterogeneity. We sequenced 136 microcephaly or …

The evolving roles of Wnt signaling in stem cell proliferation and differentiation, the development of human diseases, and therapeutic opportunities

M Yu, K Qin, J Fan, G Zhao, P Zhao, W Zeng, C Chen… - Genes & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The evolutionarily conserved Wnt signaling pathway plays a central role in development and
adult tissue homeostasis across species. Wnt proteins are secreted, lipid-modified signaling …