The Wnt pathway: from signaling mechanisms to synthetic modulators

EY Rim, H Clevers, R Nusse - Annual review of biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The Wnt pathway is central to a host of developmental and disease-related processes. The
remarkable conservation of this intercellular signaling cascade throughout metazoan …

Wnt signaling in cancer: therapeutic targeting of Wnt signaling beyond β-catenin and the destruction complex

YS Jung, JI Park - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Wnt/β-catenin signaling is implicated in many physiological processes, including
development, tissue homeostasis, and tissue regeneration. In human cancers, Wnt/β-catenin …

Cell biology of canonical Wnt signaling

LV Albrecht, N Tejeda-Muñoz… - Annual review of cell …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Wnt signaling has multiple functions beyond the transcriptional effects of β-catenin
stabilization. We review recent investigations that uncover new cell physiological effects …

[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 …

Targeting the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in cancer: Update on effectors and inhibitors

N Krishnamurthy, R Kurzrock - Cancer treatment reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The Wnt/beta-catenin pathway is a family of proteins that is implicated in many vital cellular
functions such as stem cell regeneration and organogenesis. Several intra-cellular signal …

Transcriptional regulation of Wnt/β-catenin pathway in colorectal cancer

J Bian, M Dannappel, C Wan, R Firestein - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway exerts integral roles in embryogenesis and adult
homeostasis. Aberrant activation of the pathway is implicated in growth-associated diseases …

WNT signaling in melanoma

A Gajos-Michniewicz, M Czyz - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
WNT-signaling controls important cellular processes throughout embryonic development
and adult life, so any deregulation of this signaling can result in a wide range of pathologies …

Wnt/β-catenin signalling in ovarian cancer: Insights into its hyperactivation and function in tumorigenesis

VHL Nguyen, R Hough, S Bernaudo, C Peng - Journal of ovarian research, 2019 - Springer
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the deadliest female malignancy. The Wnt/β-catenin
pathway plays critical roles in regulating embryonic development and physiological …

LRP5 and LRP6 in Wnt signaling: similarity and divergence

Q Ren, J Chen, Y Liu - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling plays a fundamental role in regulating embryonic
development, injury repair and the pathogenesis of human diseases. In vertebrates, low …

Notum deacylates Wnt proteins to suppress signalling activity

S Kakugawa, PF Langton, M Zebisch, SA Howell… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Signalling by Wnt proteins is finely balanced to ensure normal development and tissue
homeostasis while avoiding diseases such as cancer. This is achieved in part by Notum, a …