WNT signaling in cardiac and vascular disease

S Foulquier, EP Daskalopoulos, G Lluri… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - ASPET
WNT signaling is an elaborate and complex collection of signal transduction pathways
mediated by multiple signaling molecules. WNT signaling is critically important for …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological and therapeutic regulation of PCSK9 activity in cardiovascular disease

S Glerup, R Schulz, U Laufs, KD Schlüter - Basic research in cardiology, 2017 - Springer
Ischemic heart disease is the main cause of death worldwide and is accelerated by
increased levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Proprotein convertase …

Therapeutic effect of a novel Wnt pathway inhibitor on cardiac regeneration after myocardial infarction

D Yang, W Fu, L Li, X Xia, Q Liao, R Yue… - Clinical …, 2017 - portlandpress.com
After myocardial infarction (MI), the heart is difficult to repair because of great loss of
cardiomyoctyes and lack of cardiac regeneration. Novel drug candidates that aim at …

The role of Wnt signaling in the healing myocardium: a focus on cell specificity

IS Meyer, F Leuschner - Basic Research in Cardiology, 2018 - Springer
Various cell types are involved in the healing process after myocardial infarction (MI).
Besides cardiac resident cells (such as cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts and endothelial cells) …

Wnt signaling in cardiac disease

KCM Hermansand… - Comprehensive …, 2015 - cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl
Wnt signaling encompasses multiple and complex signaling cascades and is involved in
many developmental processes such as tissue patterning, cell fate specification, and control …

LRP5 regulates cardiomyocyte proliferation and neonatal heart regeneration by the AKT/P21 pathway

H Zhou, F Zhang, Y Wu, H Liu, R Duan… - Journal of Cellular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The neonatal heart can efficiently regenerate within a short period after birth, whereas the
adult mammalian heart has extremely limited capacity to regenerate. The molecular …

[HTML][HTML] LDL receptor-related protein 5 selectively transports unesterified polyunsaturated fatty acids to intracellular compartments

W Tang, Y Luan, Q Yuan, A Li, S Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which cannot be synthesized by animals and must be
supplied from the diet, have been strongly associated with human health. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] LRP5 promotes gastric cancer via activating canonical wnt/β-catenin and glycolysis pathways

X Nie, H Wang, X Wei, L Li, T Xue, L Fan, H Ma… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The overactivation of canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway is one of the main cascades for the
initiation, progression, and recurrence of most human malignancies. As an indispensable …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of β-catenin protects mouse hearts from ventricular arrhythmias after myocardial infarction

J Wang, Y Xia, A Lu, H Wang, DR Davis, P Liu… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Wnt/β-catenin signaling is activated in the heart after myocardial infarction (MI). This study
aims to investigate if β-catenin deletion affects post-MI ion channel gene alterations and …

Canonical Wnt pathway and the LDL receptor superfamily in neuronal cholesterol homeostasis and function

M Borrell-Pages, A Luquero, G Vilahur… - Cardiovascular …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims There is little information on the regulation of cholesterol homeostasis in the brain.
Whether cholesterol crosses the blood–brain barrier is under investigation, but the present …