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 …

The implications of alternative pre-mRNA splicing in cell signal transduction

S Choi, N Cho, KK Kim - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Cells produce multiple mRNAs through alternative splicing, which ensures proteome
diversity. Because most human genes undergo alternative splicing, key components of …

TGF-β1/SMAD3-driven GLI2 isoform expression contributes to aggressive phenotypes of hepatocellular carcinoma

J Ding, YY Yang, PT Li, Y Ma, L Zhang, Y Zhou, C Jin… - Cancer Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Hedgehog signaling is activated in response to liver injury, and modulates organogenesis.
However, the role of non-canonical hedgehog activation via TGF-β1/SMAD3 in hepatic …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer invasion and metastasis: Insights from murine pubertal mammary gland morphogenesis

JM Githaka, L Pirayeshfard, S Goping - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer invasion and metastasis accounts for the majority of cancer related mortality. A better
understanding of the players that drive the aberrant invasion and migration of tumors cells …

[HTML][HTML] Sonic hedgehog signaling: Alternative splicing and pathogenic role in medulloblastoma

M Qu, Q He, J Luo, T Shen, R Gao, Y Xu, C Xu… - Genes & diseases, 2023 - Elsevier
Alternative splicing (AS) produces the different mRNA splicing bodies, which are then
translated into multiple protein isoforms and participate in various biological functions. With …

Mebendazole mediates proteasomal degradation of GLI transcription factors in acute myeloid leukemia

F Freisleben, F Modemann, J Muschhammer… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The prognosis of elderly AML patients is still poor due to chemotherapy resistance. The
Hedgehog (HH) pathway is important for leukemic transformation because of aberrant …

Novel GLI2 mutations identified in patients with Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency (CPHD): Evidence for a pathogenic effect by functional characterization

D Babu, A Fanelli, S Mellone… - Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Context The Gli‐family of zinc‐finger transcription factors regulates the Sonic
Hedgehog (Shh) signalling pathway that plays a key role in early pituitary and ventral …

FOXE1 supports the tumor promotion of Gli2 on papillary thyroid carcinoma by the Wnt/β‐catenin pathway

J Ma, X Huang, Z Li, Y Shen, J Lai, Q Su… - Journal of Cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a common malignancy in thyroid tissue. However, the
molecular mechanism of PTC tumor progression remains unknown. The hedgehog (Hh) …

GLI2 promoter hypermethylation in saliva of children with a respiratory allergy

SAS Langie, M Moisse, K Szarc vel Szic… - Clinical …, 2018 - Springer
Background The prevalence of respiratory allergy in children is increasing. Epigenetic DNA
methylation changes are plausible underlying molecular mechanisms. Results Saliva …