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 …

Secreted and transmembrane wnt inhibitors and activators

CM Cruciat, C Niehrs - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Signaling by the Wnt family of secreted glycoproteins plays important roles in embryonic
development and adult homeostasis. Wnt signaling is modulated by a number of …

[HTML][HTML] The mouse retina as an angiogenesis model

A Stahl, KM Connor, P Sapieha, J Chen… - … & visual science, 2010 - arvojournals.org
The mouse retina has been used extensively over the past decades to study both
physiologic and pathologic angiogenesis. Over time, various mouse retina models have …

TSPAN12 regulates retinal vascular development by promoting Norrin-but not Wnt-induced FZD4/β-catenin signaling

HJ Junge, S Yang, JB Burton, K Paes, X Shu… - Cell, 2009 - cell.com
Mutations in the genes encoding the Wnt receptor Frizzled-4 (FZD4), coreceptor LRP5, or
the ligand Norrin disrupt retinal vascular development and cause ophthalmic diseases …

Integrin-linked kinase controls retinal angiogenesis and is linked to Wnt signaling and exudative vitreoretinopathy

H Park, H Yamamoto, L Mohn, L Ambühl… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a human disease characterized by defective
retinal angiogenesis and associated complications that can result in vision loss. Defective …

Molecular parallels between neural and vascular development

A Eichmann, JL Thomas - Cold Spring …, 2013 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The human central nervous system (CNS) features a network of∼ 400 miles of blood
vessels that receives> 20% of the body's cardiac output and uses most of its blood glucose …

A comprehensive overview of skeletal phenotypes associated with alterations in Wnt/β-catenin signaling in humans and mice

KA Maupin, CJ Droscha, BO Williams - Bone Research, 2013 - nature.com
The Wnt signaling pathway plays key roles in differentiation and development and
alterations in this signaling pathway are causally associated with numerous human …

A Norrin/Wnt surrogate antibody stimulates endothelial cell barrier function and rescues retinopathy

R Chidiac, M Abedin, G Macleod, A Yang… - EMBO Molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
Abstract The FZD4: LRP5: TSPAN12 receptor complex is activated by the secreted protein
Norrin in retinal endothelial cells and leads to βcatenin‐dependent formation of the blood …

Comparison of bevacizumab, ranibizumab, and laser photocoagulation in the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity in Turkey

M Gunay, EA Sukgen, G Celik, Y Kocluk - Current eye research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacies and treatment outcomes following intravitreal
bevacizumab (IVB), intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR), and laser photocoagulation (LPC) in …

Vascular morphogenesis: a Wnt for every vessel?

CA Franco, S Liebner, H Gerhardt - Current opinion in genetics & …, 2009 - Elsevier
Blood vessel development requires orchestrated activities of heterogeneous endothelial cell
(EC) populations to create a hierarchically branched tubular network. Endothelial …