WNT signaling in cardiac and vascular disease

S Foulquier, EP Daskalopoulos, G Lluri… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - ASPET
WNT signaling is an elaborate and complex collection of signal transduction pathways
mediated by multiple signaling molecules. WNT signaling is critically important for …

Macrophages as a source and recipient of Wnt signals

ES Malsin, S Kim, AP Lam, CJ Gottardi - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are often viewed through the lens of their core functions, but recent
transcriptomic studies reveal them to be largely distinct across tissue types. While these …

PCSK9 and LRP5 in macrophage lipid internalization and inflammation

L Badimon, A Luquero, J Crespo, E Peña… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims Atherosclerosis, the leading cause of cardiovascular diseases, is driven by high blood
cholesterol levels and chronic inflammation. Low-density lipoprotein receptors (LDLR) play …

The role of Wnt signalling in development of coronary artery disease and its risk factors

Y Liu, A Neogi, A Mani - Open Biology, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Wnt signalling pathways are composed of a highly conserved cascade of events that
govern cell differentiation, apoptosis and cell orientation. Three major and distinct Wnt …

GBA1-dependent membrane glucosylceramide reprogramming promotes liver cancer metastasis via activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway

Z Qiu, X Wang, Z Yang, S Liao, W Dong, T Sun… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
The effect of glucosylceramide (GlcCer) reprogramming on liver cancer metastasis remains
poorly understood. In this study, we demonstrated that the protein expression of GBA1 …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid rafts disruption induces apoptosis by attenuating expression of LRP6 and survivin in triple negative breast cancer

AK Badana, M Chintala, MM Gavara, S Naik… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Triple negative breast cancer is a clinically challenging subtype due to lack of biomarker for
rational targeted therapy. Lipid rafts are cholesterol enriched rigid platforms, which …

Wnt signaling in cardiac disease

KCM Hermansand… - Comprehensive …, 2015 - cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl
Wnt signaling encompasses multiple and complex signaling cascades and is involved in
many developmental processes such as tissue patterning, cell fate specification, and control …

A novel role of LRP5 in tubulointerstitial fibrosis through activating TGF-β/Smad signaling

X He, R Cheng, C Huang, Y Takahashi… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Previous studies by us and others demonstrated that activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling
plays a pathogenic role in chronic kidney diseases (CKD). Wnt co-receptor LRP5 variants …

Canonical Wnt pathway and the LDL receptor superfamily in neuronal cholesterol homeostasis and function

M Borrell-Pages, A Luquero, G Vilahur… - Cardiovascular …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims There is little information on the regulation of cholesterol homeostasis in the brain.
Whether cholesterol crosses the blood–brain barrier is under investigation, but the present …

GSK3β inhibition and canonical Wnt signaling in mice hearts after myocardial ischemic damage

L Badimon, L Casani, S Camino-Lopez, O Juan-Babot… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Aims Myocardial infarction induces myocardial injury and tissue damage. During myocardial
infarction strong cellular response is initiated to salvage the damaged tissues. This response …