Wnt signaling in stem and cancer stem cells

JD Holland, A Klaus, AN Garratt… - Current opinion in cell …, 2013 - Elsevier
The functional versatility of Wnt/β-catenin signaling can be seen by its ability to act in stem
cells of the embryo and of the adult as well as in cancer stem cells. During embryogenesis …

Dorsal–ventral patterning of the neural tube: a tale of three signals

G Le Dréau, E Martí - Developmental neurobiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of the vertebrate nervous system begins with the acquisition of neural
identity from the midline dorsal‐ectodermal cells of the gastrulating embryos. The …

Identification of novel pathways involved in the pathogenesis of human adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma

CL Andoniadou, C Gaston-Massuet, R Reddy… - Acta …, 2012 - Springer
Activating mutations in the gene encoding β-catenin have been identified in the paediatric
form of human craniopharyngioma (adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma, ACP), a …

MicroRNA-10b pleiotropically regulates invasion, angiogenicity and apoptosis of tumor cells resembling mesenchymal subtype of glioblastoma multiforme

J Lin, S Teo, DH Lam, K Jeyaseelan, S Wang - Cell death & disease, 2012 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a heterogeneous disease despite its seemingly uniform
pathology. Deconvolution of The Cancer Genome Atlas's GBM gene expression data has …

The activity of Gli transcription factors is essential for Kras-induced pancreatic tumorigenesis

M Rajurkar, WE De Jesus-Monge… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), one of the most aggressive human
malignancies, is thought to be initiated by KRAS activation. Here we find that transcriptional …

N-cadherin-based adherens junction regulates the maintenance, proliferation, and differentiation of neural progenitor cells during development

Y Miyamoto, F Sakane, K Hashimoto - Cell adhesion & migration, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This review addresses our current understanding of the regulatory mechanism by which N-
cadherin, a classical cadherin, affects neural progenitor cells (NPCs) during development. N …

[HTML][HTML] The dorsal spinal cord and hindbrain: From developmental mechanisms to functional circuits

LR Hernandez-Miranda, T Müller, C Birchmeier - Developmental biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Neurons of the dorsal hindbrain and spinal cord are central in receiving, processing and
relaying sensory perception and participate in the coordination of sensory-motor output …

Frequent deregulations in the hedgehog signaling network and cross-talks with the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway involved in cancer progression and …

M Mimeault, SK Batra, D Sibley - Pharmacological reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Abstract The hedgehog (Hh)/glioma-associated oncogene (GLI) signaling network is among
the most important and fascinating signal transduction systems that provide critical functions …

Sonic hedgehog signaling switches the mode of division in the developing nervous system

M Saade, I Gutiérrez-Vallejo, G Le Dreau, MA Rabadan… - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
The different modes of stem cell division are tightly regulated to balance growth and
differentiation during organ development and homeostasis, and these regulatory processes …

Involvement of Wnt signaling in primary cilia assembly and disassembly

KH Lee - The FEBS Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The primary cilium is a nonmotile microtubule‐based structure, which functions as an
antenna‐like cellular sensing organelle. The primary cilium is assembled from the basal …