Transcriptional regulation of Wnt/β-catenin pathway in colorectal cancer

J Bian, M Dannappel, C Wan, R Firestein - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway exerts integral roles in embryogenesis and adult
homeostasis. Aberrant activation of the pathway is implicated in growth-associated diseases …

Rho GTPases in cancer: friend or foe?

JH Svensmark, C Brakebusch - Oncogene, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Rho GTPases RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42 are important regulators of cytoskeletal
dynamics. Although many in vitro and in vivo data indicate tumor-promoting effects of …

Alternative Wnt signaling activates YAP/TAZ

HW Park, YC Kim, BO Yu, T Moroishi, JS Mo… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
The transcriptional co-activators YAP and TAZ are key regulators of organ size and tissue
homeostasis, and their dysregulation contributes to human cancer. Here, we discover …

CXCL12/CXCR4 promotes inflammation-driven colorectal cancer progression through activation of RhoA signaling by sponging miR-133a-3p

X Yu, D Wang, X Wang, S Sun, Y Zhang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Activation of CXCL12/CXCR4 axis has been found to be associated
with invasion and metastasis in many cancers. However, the underlying mechanism remains …

Homeostatic membrane tension constrains cancer cell dissemination by counteracting BAR protein assembly

K Tsujita, R Satow, S Asada, Y Nakamura… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Malignancy is associated with changes in cell mechanics that contribute to extensive cell
deformation required for metastatic dissemination. We hypothesized that the cell-intrinsic …

Deregulation of Rho GTPases in cancer

AP Porter, A Papaioannou, A Malliri - Small GTPases, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In vitro and in vivo studies and evidence from human tumors have long implicated Rho
GTPase signaling in the formation and dissemination of a range of cancers. Recently next …

Paving the Rho in cancer metastasis: Rho GTPases and beyond

S Jansen, R Gosens, T Wieland, M Schmidt - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Malignant carcinomas are often characterized by metastasis, the movement of carcinoma
cells from a primary site to colonize distant organs. For metastasis to occur, carcinoma cells …

Regulation of RhoA GTPase and various transcription factors in the RhoA pathway

JG Kim, R Islam, JY Cho, H Jeong… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
RhoA GTPase plays a variety of functions in regulation of cytoskeletal proteins, cellular
morphology, and migration along with various proliferation and transcriptional activity in …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) as a multifactorial disease and its causal correlations with multiple signaling pathways

M Wan, Y Wang, Z Zeng, B Deng, B Zhu… - Bioscience …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy and one of the leading
causes of cancer-related death among men worldwide. CRC is a multifactor digestive …

Wnt signaling in cell motility and invasion: drawing parallels between development and cancer

AE Sedgwick, C D'Souza-Schorey - Cancers, 2016 - mdpi.com
The importance of canonical and non-canonical Wnt signal transduction cascades in
embryonic development and tissue homeostasis is well recognized. The aberrant activation …