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 …

Targeting Hedgehog—a cancer stem cell pathway

AA Merchant, W Matsui - Clinical cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Abstract The Hedgehog (Hh) pathway has been implicated in a wide variety of human
tumors, and early clinical trials with pathway antagonists have validated Hh signaling as a …

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK): structure, oncogenic activation, and pharmacological inhibition

R Roskoski Jr - Pharmacological research, 2013 - Elsevier
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase was first described in 1994 as the NPM-ALK fusion protein that
is expressed in the majority of anaplastic large-cell lymphomas. ALK is a receptor protein …

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase: signalling in development and disease

RH Palmer, E Vernersson, C Grabbe… - Biochemical …, 2009 - portlandpress.com
RTKs (receptor tyrosine kinases) play important roles in cellular proliferation and
differentiation. In addition, RTKs reveal oncogenic potential when their kinase activities are …

AP-1 family transcription factors: a diverse family of proteins that regulate varied cellular activities in classical hodgkin lymphoma and ALK+ ALCL

Z Wu, M Nicoll, RJ Ingham - Experimental hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
Classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive, anaplastic
large cell lymphoma (ALK+ ALCL) are B and T cell lymphomas respectively, which express …

Learning from Jekyll to control Hyde: Hedgehog signaling in development and cancer

MT Barakat, EW Humke, MP Scott - Trends in molecular medicine, 2010 - cell.com
The Hedgehog (Hh) cascade controls cell proliferation, differentiation and patterning of
tissues during embryogenesis but is largely suppressed in the adult. The Hh pathway can …

Hedgehog signaling in lung cancer: from oncogenesis to cancer treatment resistance

E Giroux-Leprieur, A Costantini, VW Ding… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Hedgehog signaling pathway is physiologically activated during embryogenesis, especially
in lung development. It is also reactivated in many solid tumors. In lung cancer, Hedgehog …

Inhibition of ALK signaling for cancer therapy

YP Mossé, A Wood, JM Maris - Clinical Cancer Research, 2009 - AACR
Paradigm shifting advances in cancer can occur after discovering the key oncogenic drivers
of the malignant process, understanding their detailed molecular mechanisms, and …

Targeting hedgehog in hematologic malignancy

DA Irvine, M Copland - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
The Hedgehog pathway is a critical mediator of embryonic patterning and organ
development, including hematopoiesis. It influences stem cell fate, differentiation …

ABCG2 is a direct transcriptional target of hedgehog signaling and involved in stroma-induced drug tolerance in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

RR Singh, K Kunkalla, C Qu, E Schlette, SS Neelapu… - Oncogene, 2011 - nature.com
Successful treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is frequently hindered by the
development of resistance to conventional chemotherapy resulting in disease relapse and …