Wnt signaling in breast cancer: biological mechanisms, challenges and opportunities

X Xu, M Zhang, F Xu, S Jiang - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Wnt signaling is a highly conserved signaling pathway that plays a critical role in controlling
embryonic and organ development, as well as cancer progression. Genome-wide …

Blockade of Wnt/β-catenin signaling suppresses breast cancer metastasis by inhibiting CSC-like phenotype

GB Jang, JY Kim, SD Cho, KS Park, JY Jung, HY Lee… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The identification of cancer stem cells (CSCs) represents an important milestone in the
understanding of chemodrug resistance and cancer recurrence. More specifically, some …

Dishevelled: A masterful conductor of complex Wnt signals

M Sharma, I Castro-Piedras, GE Simmons Jr, K Pruitt - Cellular signalling, 2018 - Elsevier
The Dishevelled gene was first identified in Drosophila mutants with disoriented hair and
bristle polarity [[1],[2],[3]]. The Dsh gene (Dsh/Dvl, in Drosophila and vertebrates …

Prodigiosin inhibits Wnt/β-catenin signaling and exerts anticancer activity in breast cancer cells

Z Wang, B Li, L Zhou, S Yu, Z Su… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Prodigiosin, a natural red pigment produced by numerous bacterial species, has exhibited
promising anticancer activity; however, the molecular mechanisms of action of prodigiosin …

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) promotes cell survival by activation of the Akt pathway and role for CSN5/JAB1 in the control of autocrine MIF activity

H Lue, M Thiele, J Franz, E Dahl, S Speckgens, L Leng… - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
Abstract The phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway plays an important
role in cell survival and the development of cancer. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor …

Secreted frizzled-related protein 1 loss contributes to tumor phenotype of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

ML Gumz, H Zou, PA Kreinest, AC Childs… - Clinical cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Purpose: Incidence and mortality rates for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) have been rising for
decades. Unfortunately, the molecular events that support RCC carcinogenesis remain …

Aberrant DNA methylation impacts gene expression and prognosis in breast cancer subtypes

B Győrffy, G Bottai, T Fleischer… - … journal of cancer, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation has a substantial impact on gene expression, affecting the prognosis of
breast cancer (BC) patients dependent on molecular subtypes. In this study, we investigated …

Frequent epigenetic inactivation of Wnt antagonist genes in breast cancer

H Suzuki, M Toyota, H Caraway, E Gabrielson… - British journal of …, 2008 - nature.com
Although mutation of APC or CTNNB1 (β-catenin) is rare in breast cancer, activation of Wnt
signalling is nonetheless thought to play an important role in breast tumorigenesis, and …

[HTML][HTML] Wnt signaling and colon carcinogenesis: beyond APC

R Najdi, RF Holcombe, ML Waterman - Journal of carcinogenesis, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Activation of the Wnt signaling pathway via mutation of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene
(APC) is a critical event in the development of colon cancer. For colon carcinogenesis …

Wnt signaling in human and mouse breast cancer: Focusing on Wnt ligands, receptors and antagonists

P Yin, W Wang, Z Zhang, Y Bai, J Gao… - Cancer science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Wnt proteins, a group of secreted glycoproteins, mainly combine with receptors Frizzled
(FZD) and/or low‐density‐lipoprotein receptor‐related proteins 5/6 (LRP 5/6), initiating β …