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 signaling in disease

LF Ng, P Kaur, N Bunnag, J Suresh, ICH Sung, QH Tan… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Developmental signaling pathways control a vast array of biological processes during
embryogenesis and in adult life. The WNT pathway was discovered simultaneously in …

Target c-Myc to treat pancreatic cancer

M Ala - Cancer biology & therapy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT C-Myc overexpression is a common finding in pancreatic cancer and predicts
the aggressive behavior of cancer cells. It binds to the promoter of different genes, thereby …

Wnt/β-catenin signaling: the culprit in pancreatic carcinogenesis and therapeutic resistance

M Ram Makena, H Gatla, D Verlekar… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is responsible for 7.3% of all cancer deaths.
Even though there is a steady increase in patient survival for most cancers over the …

Multi-transcriptome analysis following an acute skeletal muscle growth stimulus yields tools for discerning global and MYC regulatory networks

KA Murach, Z Liu, B Jude, VC Figueiredo, Y Wen… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Myc is a powerful transcription factor implicated in epigenetic reprogramming, cellular
plasticity, and rapid growth as well as tumorigenesis. Cancer in skeletal muscle is extremely …

Inhibition of the PLK1‐coupled cell cycle machinery overcomes resistance to oxaliplatin in colorectal cancer

Z Yu, P Deng, Y Chen, S Liu, J Chen, Z Yang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dysregulation of the cell cycle machinery leads to genomic instability and is a hallmark of
cancer associated with chemoresistance and poor prognosis in colorectal cancer (CRC) …

The role of WNT pathway mutations in cancer development and an overview of therapeutic options

W Groenewald, AH Lund, DM Gay - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is well established that mutations in the canonical WNT-signalling pathway play a major
role in various cancers. Critical to developing new therapeutic strategies is understanding …

Zonation of ribosomal DNA transcription defines a stem cell hierarchy in colorectal cancer

C Morral, J Stanisavljevic, X Hernando-Momblona… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Colorectal cancers (CRCs) are composed of an amalgam of cells with distinct genotypes
and phenotypes. Here, we reveal a previously unappreciated heterogeneity in the …

Developmental signals control chromosome segregation fidelity during pluripotency and neurogenesis by modulating replicative stress

A de Jaime-Soguero, J Hattemer, A Bufe… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Human development relies on the correct replication, maintenance and segregation of our
genetic blueprints. How these processes are monitored across embryonic lineages, and why …

Wnts and the hallmarks of cancer

Z Zhong, J Yu, DM Virshup, B Madan - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2020 - Springer
Since the discovery of the first mammalian Wnt proto-oncogene in virus-induced mouse
mammary tumors almost four decades ago, Wnt signaling pathway and its involvement in …