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 signalling pathways as therapeutic targets in cancer

JN Anastas, RT Moon - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Since the initial discovery of the oncogenic activity of WNT1 in mouse mammary glands, our
appreciation for the complex roles for WNT signalling pathways in cancer has increased …

TM4SF1 promotes EMT and cancer stemness via the Wnt/β-catenin/SOX2 pathway in colorectal cancer

Q Tang, J Chen, Z Di, W Yuan, Z Zhou, Z Liu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - Springer
Background Transmembrane 4 L six family member 1 (TM4SF1) is upregulated in several
epithelial cancers and is closely associated with poor prognosis. However, the role of …

TCF/LEFs and Wnt signaling in the nucleus

KM Cadigan, ML Waterman - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
T-cell factor/lymphoid enhancer factor (TCF/LEF) transcription factors are the major end
point mediators of Wnt/Wingless signaling throughout metazoans. TCF/LEFs are …

β-Catenin-driven cancers require a YAP1 transcriptional complex for survival and tumorigenesis

J Rosenbluh, D Nijhawan, AG Cox, X Li, JT Neal… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Wnt/β-catenin signaling plays a key role in the pathogenesis of colon and other cancers;
emerging evidence indicates that oncogenic β-catenin regulates several biological …

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 …

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 …

Proximal events in Wnt signal transduction

S Angers, RT Moon - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
The Wnt family of secreted ligands act through many receptors to stimulate distinct
intracellular signalling pathways in embryonic development, in adults and in disease …

Genomic sequencing of colorectal adenocarcinomas identifies a recurrent VTI1A-TCF7L2 fusion

AJ Bass, MS Lawrence, LE Brace, AH Ramos, Y Drier… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Prior studies have identified recurrent oncogenic mutations in colorectal adenocarcinoma
and have surveyed exons of protein-coding genes for mutations in 11 affected individuals …

Large-scale genetic study in East Asians identifies six new loci associated with colorectal cancer risk

B Zhang, WH Jia, K Matsuda, SS Kweon, K Matsuo… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Known genetic loci explain only a small proportion of the familial relative risk of colorectal
cancer (CRC). We conducted a genome-wide association study of CRC in East Asians with …