Frizzled and LRP5/6 receptors for Wnt/β-catenin signaling

BT MacDonald, X He - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Frizzled and LRP5/6 are Wnt receptors that upon activation lead to stabilization of
cytoplasmic β-catenin. In this study, we review the current knowledge of these two families of …

[HTML][HTML] Wnt/β-catenin signaling: components, mechanisms, and diseases

BT MacDonald, K Tamai, X He - Developmental cell, 2009 - cell.com
Signaling by the Wnt family of secreted glycolipoproteins via the transcriptional coactivator β-
catenin controls embryonic development and adult homeostasis. Here we review recent …

Frizzled proteins are colonic epithelial receptors for C. difficile toxin B

L Tao, J Zhang, P Meraner, A Tovaglieri, X Wu… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Clostridium difficile toxin B (TcdB) is a critical virulence factor that causes diseases
associated with C. difficile infection. Here we carried out CRISPR–Cas9-mediated genome …

[HTML][HTML] Wnt/β-catenin signaling plays an ever-expanding role in stem cell self-renewal, tumorigenesis and cancer chemoresistance

MK Mohammed, C Shao, J Wang, Q Wei, X Wang… - Genes & diseases, 2016 - Elsevier
Wnt signaling transduces evolutionarily conserved pathways which play important roles in
initiating and regulating a diverse range of cellular activities, including cell proliferation …

GSK3: a multifaceted kinase in Wnt signaling

D Wu, W Pan - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2010 - cell.com
GSK3 is one of the few signaling mediators that play central roles in a diverse range of
signaling pathways, including those activated by Wnts, hedgehog, growth factors, cytokines …

New insights into the mechanism of Wnt signaling pathway activation

A Kikuchi, H Yamamoto, A Sato, S Matsumoto - International review of cell …, 2011 - Elsevier
Wnts compromise a large family of secreted, hydrophobic glycoproteins that control a variety
of developmental and adult processes in all metazoan organisms. Recent advances in the …

The way Wnt works: components and mechanism

K Saito-Diaz, TW Chen, X Wang, CA Thorne… - Growth …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway is an ancient and evolutionarily conserved signaling
pathway that is required for the proper development of all metazoans, from the basal …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling by posttranslational modifications

C Gao, G Xiao, J Hu - Cell & bioscience, 2014 - Springer
The canonical Wnt signaling pathway (or Wnt/β-catenin pathway) plays a pivotal role in
embryonic development and adult homeostasis; deregulation of the Wnt pathway …

Wnt signaling from development to disease: insights from model systems

KM Cadigan, M Peifer - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2009 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
One of the early surprises in the study of cell adhesion was the discovery that β-catenin
plays dual roles, serving as an essential component of cadherin-based cell–cell adherens …

[HTML][HTML] Cell cycle control of wnt receptor activation

G Davidson, J Shen, YL Huang, Y Su, E Karaulanov… - Developmental cell, 2009 - cell.com
Low-density lipoprotein receptor related proteins 5 and 6 (LRP5/6) are transmembrane
receptors that initiate Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Phosphorylation of PPPSP motifs in the LRP6 …