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 …

[HTML][HTML] Basal cell carcinoma: pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, histopathology, and management.

AG Marzuka, SE Book - The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 2015 - europepmc.org
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignancy. Exposure to sunlight is the
most important risk factor. Most, if not all, cases of BCC demonstrate overactive Hedgehog …

High burden and pervasive positive selection of somatic mutations in normal human skin

I Martincorena, A Roshan, M Gerstung, P Ellis… - Science, 2015 - science.org
How somatic mutations accumulate in normal cells is central to understanding cancer
development but is poorly understood. We performed ultradeep sequencing of 74 cancer …

Basal cell carcinoma: from pathophysiology to novel therapeutic approaches

L Fania, D Didona, R Morese, I Campana, V Coco… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common human cancer worldwide, and is a subtype
of nonmelanoma skin cancer, characterized by a constantly increasing incidence due to an …

In situ identification of bipotent stem cells in the mammary gland

AC Rios, NY Fu, GJ Lindeman, JE Visvader - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The mammary epithelium undergoes profound morphogenetic changes during
development. Architecturally, it comprises two primary lineages, the inner luminal and outer …

Oncogenic Kras is required for both the initiation and maintenance of pancreatic cancer in mice

MA Collins, F Bednar, Y Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Pancreatic cancer is almost invariably associated with mutations in the KRAS gene, most
commonly KRASG12D, that result in a dominant-active form of the KRAS GTPase. However …

[HTML][HTML] Basal cell carcinoma preferentially arises from stem cells within hair follicle and mechanosensory niches

SC Peterson, M Eberl, AN Vagnozzi, A Belkadi… - Cell stem cell, 2015 - cell.com
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is characterized by frequent loss of PTCH1, leading to
constitutive activation of the Hedgehog pathway. Although the requirement for Hedgehog in …

Obesity accelerates hair thinning by stem cell-centric converging mechanisms

H Morinaga, Y Mohri, M Grachtchouk, K Asakawa… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic that predisposes individuals to many age-associated
diseases, but its exact effects on organ dysfunction are largely unknown. Hair follicles—mini …

Epithelial stem cells, wound healing and cancer

EN Arwert, E Hoste, FM Watt - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
It is well established that tissue repair depends on stem cells and that chronic wounds
predispose to tumour formation. However, the association between stem cells, wound …

The Hedgehog's tale: developing strategies for targeting cancer

JMY Ng, T Curran - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2011 - nature.com
Research into basic developmental biology has frequently yielded insights into cancer
biology. This is particularly true for the Hedgehog (HH) pathway. Activating mutations in the …