Molecular mechanisms of colon cancer progression and metastasis: recent insights and advancements

A Malki, RA ElRuz, I Gupta, A Allouch, S Vranic… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most common type of cancer, is the second leading cause
of cancer-related mortality rates worldwide. Although modern research was able to shed …

[HTML][HTML] WNT/β-catenin signaling in the development of liver cancers

S He, S Tang - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
The WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway is a highly conserved and tightly controlled molecular
mechanism that regulates embryonic development, cellular proliferation and differentiation …

Can we safely target the WNT pathway?

M Kahn - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
WNT–β-catenin signalling is involved in a multitude of developmental processes and the
maintenance of adult tissue homeostasis by regulating cell proliferation, differentiation …

WNT signaling in cardiac and vascular disease

S Foulquier, EP Daskalopoulos, G Lluri… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - ASPET
WNT signaling is an elaborate and complex collection of signal transduction pathways
mediated by multiple signaling molecules. WNT signaling is critically important for …

WNT signalling pathways as therapeutic targets in cancer

JN Anastas, RT Moon - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Since the initial discovery of the oncogenic activity of WNT1 in mouse mammary glands, our
appreciation for the complex roles for WNT signalling pathways in cancer has increased …

[HTML][HTML] Wnt signaling and hepatocarcinogenesis: molecular targets for the development of innovative anticancer drugs

F Pez, A Lopez, M Kim, JR Wands, CC de Fromentel… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common causes of cancer death
worldwide. HCC can be cured by radical therapies if early diagnosis is done while the tumor …

Cancer stem cells: in the line of fire

MR Alison, WR Lin, SML Lim, LJ Nicholson - Cancer treatment reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Most tumours appear to contain a sub-population (s) of self-renewing and expanding stem
cells known as cancer stem cells (CSCs). The CSC model proposes that CSCs are at the …

Wnt7a stimulates myogenic stem cell motility and engraftment resulting in improved muscle strength

CF Bentzinger, J von Maltzahn, NA Dumont… - Journal of Cell …, 2014 - rupress.org
Wnt7a/Fzd7 signaling stimulates skeletal muscle growth and repair by inducing the
symmetric expansion of satellite stem cells through the planar cell polarity pathway and by …

Scar management in burn injuries using drug delivery and molecular signaling: current treatments and future directions

S Amini-Nik, Y Yousuf, MG Jeschke - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent decades, there have been tremendous improvements in burn care that have
allowed patients to survive severe burn injuries that were once fatal. However, a major …

Frizzled receptors as potential therapeutic targets in human cancers

CM Zeng, Z Chen, L Fu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Frizzled receptors (FZDs) are a family of seven-span transmembrane receptors with
hallmarks of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that serve as receptors for secreted …