Wnt pathway in bone repair and regeneration–what do we know so far

KS Houschyar, C Tapking, MR Borrelli… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Wnt signaling plays a central regulatory role across a remarkably diverse range of functions
during embryonic development, including those involved in the formation of bone and …

Regenerative medicine: charting a new course in wound healing

GC Gurtner, MA Chapman - Advances in wound care, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Chronic wounds are a prevalent and costly problem in the United States.
Improved treatments are needed to heal these wounds and prevent serious complications …

Aberrant epithelial GREM1 expression initiates colonic tumorigenesis from cells outside the stem cell niche

H Davis, S Irshad, M Bansal, H Rafferty, T Boitsova… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome (HMPS) is characterized by the development of mixed-
morphology colorectal tumors and is caused by a 40-kb genetic duplication that results in …

Active and water-soluble form of lipidated Wnt protein is maintained by a serum glycoprotein afamin/α-albumin

E Mihara, H Hirai, H Yamamoto, K Tamura-Kawakami… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Wnt plays important role during development and in various diseases. Because Wnts are
lipidated and highly hydrophobic, they can only be purified in the presence of detergents …

A Wnt-responsive PDL population effectuates extraction socket healing

X Yuan, X Pei, Y Zhao, US Tulu, B Liu… - Journal of dental …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Stem cells residing in the periodontal ligament (PDL) support the homeostasis of the
periodontium, but their in vivo identity, source (s), and function (s) remain poorly understood …

Extracellular carriers control lipid-dependent secretion, delivery, and activity of WNT morphogens

T de Almeida Magalhaes, J Liu, C Chan, KS Borges… - Developmental Cell, 2024 - cell.com
WNT morphogens trigger signaling pathways fundamental for embryogenesis, regeneration,
and cancer. WNTs are modified with palmitoleate, which is critical for binding Frizzled (FZD) …

Culturing human intestinal stem cells for regenerative applications in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

FEO Holmberg, JB Seidelin, X Yin, BE Mead… - EMBO molecular …, 2017 - embopress.org
Both the incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing
globally; in the industrialized world up to 0.5% of the population are affected and around 4.2 …

Notch-Wnt signal crosstalk regulates proliferation and differentiation of osteoprogenitor cells during intramembranous bone healing

S Lee, LH Remark, AM Josephson, K Leclerc… - NPJ Regenerative …, 2021 - nature.com
Adult bone regeneration is orchestrated by the precise actions of osteoprogenitor cells
(OPCs). However, the mechanisms by which OPC proliferation and differentiation are linked …

Wnt acts as a prosurvival signal to enhance dentin regeneration

DJ Hunter, C Bardet, S Mouraret, B Liu… - Journal of Bone and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Wnt proteins are lipid‐modified, short‐range signals that control stem cell self‐renewal and
tissue regeneration. We identified a population of Wnt responsive cells in the pulp cavity …

Lipid-mediated Wnt protein stabilization enables serum-free culture of human organ stem cells

N Tüysüz, L Van Bloois, S Van Den Brink… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Wnt signalling proteins are essential for culture of human organ stem cells in organoids, but
most Wnt protein formulations are poorly active in serum-free media. Here we show that …