The key role of the WNT/β-catenin pathway in metabolic reprogramming in cancers under normoxic conditions

A Vallée, Y Lecarpentier, JN Vallée - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The canonical WNT/β-catenin pathway is upregulated in cancers and
plays a major role in proliferation, invasion, apoptosis and angiogenesis. Recent studies …

Therapeutic potential of targeting regulatory mechanisms of hepatic stellate cell activation in liver fibrosis

K Baghaei, S Mazhari, S Tokhanbigli… - Drug discovery today, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Hepatic stellate cell activation/myofibroblast transition is the main driver of liver
fibrosis.•Paracrine signals from adjacent cells induce stellate cell activation.•Alteration in …

[HTML][HTML] Zinc oxide nanoparticles inhibit osteosarcoma metastasis by downregulating β-catenin via HIF-1α/BNIP3/LC3B-mediated mitophagy pathway

G He, JJ Nie, X Liu, Z Ding, P Luo, Y Liu, BW Zhang… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Osteosarcoma (OS) therapy faces many challenges, especially the poor survival rate once
metastasis occurs. Therefore, it is crucial to explore new OS treatment strategies that can …

Targeting Wnt signaling in endometrial cancer

I Fatima, S Barman, R Rai, KW Thiel, V Chandra - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Wnt has diverse regulatory roles at multiple cellular levels and numerous
targeting points, and aberrant Wnt signaling has crucial roles in carcinogenesis, metastasis …

Crosstalk between PI3K/AKT/mTOR and WNT/β-Catenin signaling in GBM-Could combination therapy checkmate the collusion?

SD Precilla, I Biswas, SS Kuduvalli, TS Anitha - Cellular Signalling, 2022 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the calamitous primary glial brain tumors with extensive
heterogeneity at cellular and molecular levels. While maximal surgical resection trailed by …

Is targeting autophagy mechanism in cancer a good approach? The possible double-edge sword effect

SM Lim, EA Mohamad Hanif, SF Chin - Cell & Bioscience, 2021 - Springer
Autophagy is a conserved cellular process required to maintain homeostasis. The hallmark
of autophagy is the formation of a phagophore that engulfs cytosolic materials for …

Butyrate Inhibits Colorectal Cancer Cell Proliferation through Autophagy Degradation of β-Catenin Regardless of APC and β-Catenin Mutational Status

B Garavaglia, L Vallino, A Ferraresi, A Esposito… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) pathogenesis is mainly driven by alterations in WNT signaling,
which results in altered transcriptional activity of β-Catenin. Mutations in APC (Adenomatous …

Tanshinone IIA exerts autophagic cell death through down-regulation of β-catenin in renal cell carcinoma cells

NY Kim, YY Jung, MH Yang, A Chinnathambi… - Biochimie, 2022 - Elsevier
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC), also called kidney cancer, is one of the most common
malignancies worldwide, including the United States and China. Because of the …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment involvement in colorectal cancer progression via Wnt/β-catenin pathway: Providing understanding of the complex mechanisms of …

MBN Díaz, MJ Martín, C Gentili - World Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colorectal cancer (CRC) continues to be one of the main causes of death from cancer
because patients progress unfavorably due to resistance to current therapies. Dysregulation …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting LRP6: a new strategy for cancer therapy

W Xue, B Zhu, K Zhao, Q Huang, H Luo, Y Shou… - Pharmacological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Targeting specific molecular drivers of tumor growth is a key approach in cancer therapy.
Among these targets, the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6 (LRP6), a vital …