Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

L Yang, P Shi, G Zhao, J Xu, W Peng, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Since cancer stem cells (CSCs) were first identified in leukemia in 1994, they have been
considered promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. These cells have self-renewal …

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 …

Hedgehog signaling and truncated GLI1 in cancer

D Doheny, SG Manore, GL Wong, HW Lo - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The hedgehog (HH) signaling pathway regulates normal cell growth and differentiation. As a
consequence of improper control, aberrant HH signaling results in tumorigenesis and …

[HTML][HTML] Gli1 promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition and metastasis of non-small cell lung carcinoma by regulating snail transcriptional activity and stability

X Lei, Z Li, Y Zhong, S Li, J Chen, Y Ke, S Lv… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Metastasis is crucial for the mortality of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients. The
epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a critical role in regulating tumor metastasis …

VEGF-C mediates tumor growth and metastasis through promoting EMT-epithelial breast cancer cell crosstalk

D Kong, H Zhou, D Neelakantan, CJ Hughes, JY Hsu… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
It is well established that a subset of cells within primary breast cancers can undergo an
epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), although the role of EMT in metastasis remains …

The hedgehog signaling pathway: a viable target in breast cancer?

P Bhateja, M Cherian, S Majumder, B Ramaswamy - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The hedgehog (Hh) pathway plays a key role in embryonic development and stem cell
programs. Deregulation of the Hh pathway is a key driver of basal cell carcinoma, and …

[HTML][HTML] Inside the stemness engine: Mechanistic links between deregulated transcription factors and stemness in cancer

EH Ervin, R French, CH Chang, S Pauklin - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell identity is largely determined by its transcriptional profile. In tumour, deregulation of
transcription factor expression and/or activity enables cancer cell to acquire a stem-like state …

Genomic testing, tumor microenvironment and targeted therapy of Hedgehog-related human cancers

M Katoh - Clinical Science, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Hedgehog signals are transduced through Patched receptors to the Smoothened (SMO)-
SUFU-GLI and SMO-Gi-RhoA signaling cascades. MTOR-S6K1 and MEK-ERK signals are …

Deconstructing sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma: molecular subtypes, drivers, and beyond

J Garcia-Lopez, R Kumar, KS Smith, PA Northcott - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Medulloblastoma (MB) is a highly malignant cerebellar tumor predominantly diagnosed
during childhood. Driven by pathogenic activation of sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling, SHH …