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 …

The many faces and functions of β‐catenin

T Valenta, G Hausmann, K Basler - The EMBO journal, 2012 - embopress.org
β‐Catenin (Armadillo in Drosophila) is a multitasking and evolutionary conserved molecule
that in metazoans exerts a crucial role in a multitude of developmental and homeostatic …

[HTML][HTML] N6-methyladenosine–mediated up-regulation of FZD10 regulates liver cancer stem cells' properties and lenvatinib resistance through WNT/β-catenin and …

J Wang, H Yu, W Dong, C Zhang, M Hu, W Ma, X Jiang… - Gastroenterology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-
related deaths worldwide, but there is a deficiency of early diagnosis biomarkers and …

Epithelial cell polarity, stem cells and cancer

F Martin-Belmonte, M Perez-Moreno - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
After years of extensive scientific discovery much has been learned about the networks that
regulate epithelial homeostasis. Loss of expression or functional activity of cell adhesion …

An updated overview on Wnt signaling pathways: a prelude for more

TP Rao, M Kühl - Circulation research, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Growth factor signaling is required for cellular differentiation, tissue morphogenesis, and
tissue homeostasis. Misregulation of intracellular signal transduction can lead to …

Cell cycle regulation by the NEK family of protein kinases

AM Fry, L O'Regan, SR Sabir… - Journal of cell …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Genetic screens for cell division cycle mutants in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus
nidulans led to the discovery of never-in-mitosis A (NIMA), a serine/threonine kinase that is …

The centrosome in cells and organisms

M Bornens - Science, 2012 - science.org
The centrosome acts as the main microtubule-nucleating organelle in animal cells and plays
a critical role in mitotic spindle orientation and in genome stability. Yet, despite its central …

A localized Wnt signal orients asymmetric stem cell division in vitro

SJ Habib, BC Chen, FC Tsai, K Anastassiadis, T Meyer… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Developmental signals such as Wnts are often presented to cells in an oriented manner. To
examine the consequences of local Wnt signaling, we immobilized Wnt proteins on beads …

NEK2 induces drug resistance mainly through activation of efflux drug pumps and is associated with poor prognosis in myeloma and other cancers

W Zhou, Y Yang, J Xia, H Wang, ME Salama, W Xiong… - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
Using sequential gene expression profiling (GEP) samples, we defined a major functional
group related to drug resistance that contains chromosomal instability (CIN) genes. One CIN …

Mitotic and mitogenic Wnt signalling

C Niehrs, SP Acebron - The EMBO journal, 2012 - embopress.org
Canonical Wnt signalling plays an important role in development, tissue homeostasis, and
cancer. At the cellular level, canonical Wnt signalling acts by regulating cell fate, cell growth …