Hedgehog/GLI signaling pathway: transduction, regulation, and implications for disease

AN Sigafoos, BD Paradise, ME Fernandez-Zapico - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Hedgehog/GLI (Hh/GLI) pathway plays a major role during
development and it is commonly dysregulated in many diseases, including cancer. This …

Non-canonical hedgehog signaling pathway in cancer: activation of GLI transcription factors beyond smoothened

S Pietrobono, S Gagliardi, B Stecca - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Hedgehog-GLI (HH-GLI) pathway is a highly conserved signaling that plays a critical
role in controlling cell specification, cell–cell interaction and tissue patterning during …

Unraveling the therapeutic potential of the Hedgehog pathway in cancer

D Amakye, Z Jagani, M Dorsch - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
Major progress has been made in recent years in the development of Hedgehog (Hh)
pathway inhibitors for the treatment of patients with cancer. Promising clinical trial results …

Hedgehog signaling: from basic biology to cancer therapy

F Wu, Y Zhang, B Sun, AP McMahon, Y Wang - Cell chemical biology, 2017 - cell.com
The Hedgehog (HH) signaling pathway was discovered originally as a key pathway in
embryonic patterning and development. Since its discovery, it has become increasingly …

Targeting cancer stem cells by inhibiting Wnt, Notch, and Hedgehog pathways

N Takebe, PJ Harris, RQ Warren, SP Ivy - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2011 - nature.com
Tumor relapse and metastasis remain major obstacles for improving overall cancer survival,
which may be due at least in part to the existence of cancer stem cells (CSCs). CSCs are …

Smoothened Mutation Confers Resistance to a Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor in Medulloblastoma

RL Yauch, GJP Dijkgraaf, B Alicke, T Januario, CP Ahn… - Science, 2009 - science.org
The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is inappropriately activated in certain human
cancers, including medulloblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor. GDC-0449, a drug that …

Hedgehog signaling mechanism and role in cancer

J Jiang - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell-cell communication through evolutionarily conserved signaling pathways governs
embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. Deregulation of these signaling …

Targeting Hedgehog—a cancer stem cell pathway

AA Merchant, W Matsui - Clinical cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Abstract The Hedgehog (Hh) pathway has been implicated in a wide variety of human
tumors, and early clinical trials with pathway antagonists have validated Hh signaling as a …

Small-molecule inhibitors of the AAA+ ATPase motor cytoplasmic dynein

AJ Firestone, JS Weinger, M Maldonado, K Barlan… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
The conversion of chemical energy into mechanical force by AAA+ (ATPases associated
with diverse cellular activities) ATPases is integral to cellular processes, including DNA …

Hedgehog beyond medulloblastoma and basal cell carcinoma

S Teglund, R Toftgård - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is of central importance during embryo development
in metazoans and governs a diverse array of processes including cell proliferation …