Wnt signaling in breast cancer: biological mechanisms, challenges and opportunities

X Xu, M Zhang, F Xu, S Jiang - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Wnt signaling is a highly conserved signaling pathway that plays a critical role in controlling
embryonic and organ development, as well as cancer progression. Genome-wide …

Wnt/β-catenin signaling and disease

H Clevers, R Nusse - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
The WNT signal transduction cascade controls myriad biological phenomena throughout
development and adult life of all animals. In parallel, aberrant Wnt signaling underlies a …

Distinct processing of lncRNAs contributes to non-conserved functions in stem cells

CJ Guo, XK Ma, YH Xing, CC Zheng, YF Xu, L Shan… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) evolve more rapidly than mRNAs. Whether conserved
lncRNAs undergo conserved processing, localization, and function remains unexplored. We …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

Cancer Genome Atlas Network - Nature, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To characterize somatic alterations in colorectal carcinoma, we conducted a genome-scale
analysis of 276 samples, analysing exome sequence, DNA copy number, promoter …

A Children's Oncology Group and TARGET initiative exploring the genetic landscape of Wilms tumor

S Gadd, V Huff, AL Walz, AHAG Ooms, AE Armstrong… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
We performed genome-wide sequencing and analyzed mRNA and miRNA expression, DNA
copy number, and DNA methylation in 117 Wilms tumors, followed by targeted sequencing …

The β-catenin destruction complex

JL Stamos, WI Weis - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The Wnt/β-catenin pathway is highly regulated to insure the correct temporal and spatial
activation of its target genes. In the absence of a Wnt stimulus, the transcriptional coactivator …

Wnt signaling in cancer

P Polakis - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Aberrant regulation of the Wnt signaling pathway is a prevalent theme in cancer biology.
From the earliest observation that Wnt overexpression could lead to malignant …

Frizzled and LRP5/6 receptors for Wnt/β-catenin signaling

BT MacDonald, X He - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Frizzled and LRP5/6 are Wnt receptors that upon activation lead to stabilization of
cytoplasmic β-catenin. In this study, we review the current knowledge of these two families of …

[HTML][HTML] GSK-3 as potential target for therapeutic intervention in cancer

JA McCubrey, LS Steelman, FE Bertrand, NM Davis… - Oncotarget, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The serine/threonine kinase glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) was initially identified and
studied in the regulation of glycogen synthesis. GSK-3 functions in a wide range of cellular …

Targeting Wnt signaling in colorectal cancer. A review in the theme: cell signaling: proteins, pathways and mechanisms

L Novellasdemunt, P Antas… - American Journal of …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
The evolutionarily conserved Wnt signaling pathway plays essential roles during embryonic
development and tissue homeostasis. Notably, comprehensive genetic studies in …