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–β-catenin signalling—a versatile player in kidney injury and repair

SJ Schunk, J Floege, D Fliser, T Speer - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2021 - nature.com
The WNT–β-catenin system is an evolutionary conserved signalling pathway that is of
particular importance for morphogenesis and cell organization during embryogenesis. The …

[HTML][HTML] Control of tissue development by morphogens

A Kicheva, J Briscoe - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Intercellular signaling molecules, known as morphogens, act at a long range in developing
tissues to provide spatial information and control properties such as cell fate and tissue …

[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 …

Biogenesis and function of ESCRT-dependent extracellular vesicles

T Juan, M Fürthauer - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2018 - Elsevier
From bacteria to humans, cells secrete a large variety of membrane-bound extracellular
vesicles. Only relatively recently has it however started to become clear that the exovesicular …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer-associated fibroblast-derived WNT2 increases tumor angiogenesis in colon cancer

D Unterleuthner, P Neuhold, K Schwarz, L Janker… - Angiogenesis, 2020 - Springer
WNT2 acts as a pro-angiogenic factor in placental vascularization and increases
angiogenesis in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (ECs) and other ECs. Increased WNT2 …

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] Biomechanical, biophysical and biochemical modulators of cytoskeletal remodelling and emergent stem cell lineage commitment

VDL Putra, KA Kilian, ML Knothe Tate - Communications Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Across complex, multi-time and-length scale biological systems, redundancy confers
robustness and resilience, enabling adaptation and increasing survival under dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Filopodia in cell adhesion, 3D migration and cancer cell invasion

G Jacquemet, H Hamidi, J Ivaska - Current opinion in cell biology, 2015 - Elsevier
This review discusses recent advances in our understanding of the role filopodia and
filopodia-like structures in cell adhesion and three dimensional (3D) cell migration both in …

PDGFRα+ pericryptal stromal cells are the critical source of Wnts and RSPO3 for murine intestinal stem cells in vivo

G Greicius, Z Kabiri, K Sigmundsson… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Wnts and R-spondins (RSPOs) support intestinal homeostasis by regulating crypt cell
proliferation and differentiation. Ex vivo, Wnts secreted by Paneth cells in organoids can …