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 …

Targeting signalling pathways and the immune microenvironment of cancer stem cells—a clinical update

JA Clara, C Monge, Y Yang, N Takebe - Nature reviews clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have important roles in tumour development, relapse and
metastasis; the intrinsic self-renewal characteristics and tumorigenic properties of these cells …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer development and progression: Risk factors, cancer stem cells, signaling pathways, genomics, and molecular pathogenesis

Y Feng, M Spezia, S Huang, C Yuan, Z Zeng, L Zhang… - Genes & diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
As the most commonly occurring cancer in women worldwide, breast cancer poses a
formidable public health challenge on a global scale. Breast cancer consists of a group of …

Tumor microenvironment: Challenges and opportunities in targeting metastasis of triple negative breast cancer

KGK Deepak, R Vempati, GP Nagaraju… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is most aggressive subtype of breast cancers with high
probability of metastasis as well as lack of specific targets and targeted therapeutics. TNBC …

Targeting the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in cancer: Update on effectors and inhibitors

N Krishnamurthy, R Kurzrock - Cancer treatment reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The Wnt/beta-catenin pathway is a family of proteins that is implicated in many vital cellular
functions such as stem cell regeneration and organogenesis. Several intra-cellular signal …

Wnt signaling in cancer

T Zhan, N Rindtorff, M Boutros - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Wnt signaling is one of the key cascades regulating development and stemness, and has
also been tightly associated with cancer. The role of Wnt signaling in carcinogenesis has …

[HTML][HTML] The regulation of β-catenin activity and function in cancer: therapeutic opportunities

S Shang, F Hua, ZW Hu - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Wnt/β-catenin signaling is an evolutionarily conserved and versatile pathway that is known
to be involved in embryonic development, tissue homeostasis and a wide variety of human …

The Wnt signalling pathway: a tailored target in cancer

M Koni, V Pinnarò, MF Brizzi - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the greatest public health challenges. According to the World Health
Organization (WHO), 9.6 million cancer deaths have been reported in 2018. The most …

WNT signaling in disease

LF Ng, P Kaur, N Bunnag, J Suresh, ICH Sung, QH Tan… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Developmental signaling pathways control a vast array of biological processes during
embryogenesis and in adult life. The WNT pathway was discovered simultaneously in …

WNT signalling pathways as therapeutic targets in cancer

JN Anastas, RT Moon - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Since the initial discovery of the oncogenic activity of WNT1 in mouse mammary glands, our
appreciation for the complex roles for WNT signalling pathways in cancer has increased …