Neuropilin functions as an essential cell surface receptor

HF Guo, CW Vander Kooi - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2015 - ASBMB
The Neuropilins (Nrps) are a family of essential cell surface receptors involved in multiple
fundamental cellular signaling cascades. Nrp family members have key functions in VEGF …

Neuropilin-1: a key protein to consider in the progression of pediatric brain tumors

M Douyère, P Chastagner, C Boura - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neuropilins are transmembrane glycoproteins that play important roles in cardiovascular
and neuronal development, as well as in immunological system regulations. NRP1 functions …

SALL4 is a CRL3REN/KCTD11 substrate that drives Sonic Hedgehog-dependent medulloblastoma

L Lospinoso Severini, E Loricchio, S Navacci… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) pathway is crucial regulator of embryonic development
and stemness. Its alteration leads to medulloblastoma (MB), the most common malignant …

Phenformin inhibits hedgehog-dependent tumor growth through a complex I-independent redox/corepressor module

L Di Magno, S Manni, F Di Pastena, S Coni, A Macone… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
The antidiabetic drug phenformin displays potent anticancer activity in different tumors, but
its mechanism of action remains elusive. Using Shh medulloblastoma as model, we show …

A smo/gli multitarget hedgehog pathway inhibitor impairs tumor growth

L Lospinoso Severini, D Quaglio, I Basili, F Ghirga… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Pharmacological Hedgehog (Hh) pathway inhibition has emerged as a valuable anticancer
strategy. A number of small molecules able to block the pathway at the upstream receptor …

Selective targeting of HDAC1/2 elicits anticancer effects through Gli1 acetylation in preclinical models of SHH Medulloblastoma

S Coni, AB Mancuso, L Di Magno, G Sdruscia… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract SHH Medulloblastoma (SHH-MB) is a pediatric brain tumor characterized by an
inappropriate activation of the developmental Hedgehog (Hh) signaling. SHH-MB patients …

G protein–coupled receptors control the sensitivity of cells to the morphogen Sonic Hedgehog

GV Pusapati, JH Kong, BB Patel, M Gouti, A Sagner… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
The morphogen Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) patterns tissues during development by directing
cell fates in a concentration-dependent manner. The SHH signal is transmitted across the …

Mitogen-activated kinase kinase kinase 1 inhibits hedgehog signaling and medulloblastoma growth through GLI1 phosphorylation

L Antonucci, L Di Magno… - International …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
The aberrant activation of hedgehog (HH) signaling is a leading cause of the development
of medulloblastoma, a pediatric tumor of the cerebellum. The FDA-approved HH inhibitor …

The Eya1 phosphatase promotes Shh signaling during hindbrain development and oncogenesis

A Eisner, MF Pazyra-Murphy, E Durresi, P Zhou… - Developmental cell, 2015 - cell.com
Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling is critical in development and oncogenesis, but the
mechanisms regulating this pathway remain unclear. Although protein phosphorylation …

Phosphodiesterase 4D acts downstream of Neuropilin to control Hedgehog signal transduction and the growth of medulloblastoma

X Ge, L Milenkovic, K Suyama, T Hartl, T Purzner… - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Alterations in Hedgehog (Hh) signaling lead to birth defects and cancers including
medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric brain tumor. Although inhibitors targeting the …