WNT signaling in cardiac and vascular disease

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

Advances toward precision medicine for bipolar disorder: mechanisms & molecules

SJ Haggarty, R Karmacharya, RH Perlis - Molecular psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
Given its chronicity, contribution to disability and morbidity, and prevalence of more than 2%,
the effective treatment, and prevention of bipolar disorder represents an area of significant …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted alveolar regeneration with Frizzled-specific agonists

AN Nabhan, JD Webster, JJ Adams, L Blazer… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Wnt ligands oligomerize Frizzled (Fzd) and Lrp5/6 receptors to control the
specification and activity of stem cells in many species. How Wnt signaling is selectively …

High-throughput Oligopaint screen identifies druggable 3D genome regulators

DS Park, SC Nguyen, R Isenhart, PP Shah, W Kim… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The human genome functions as a three-dimensional chromatin polymer, driven by a
complex collection of chromosome interactions,–. Although the molecular rules governing …

Premise and peril of Wnt signaling activation through GSK-3β inhibition

SM Law, JJ Zheng - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Wnt signaling pathways have been extensively studied in the context of several diseases,
including cancer, coronary artery disease, and age-related disorders. β-Catenin plays a …

Genomic and non-genomic effects of androgens in the cardiovascular system: clinical implications

AK Lucas-Herald, R Alves-Lopes… - Clinical …, 2017 - portlandpress.com
The principle steroidal androgens are testosterone and its metabolite 5α-
dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which is converted from testosterone by the enzyme 5α …

[HTML][HTML] A human pleiotropic multiorgan condition caused by deficient Wnt secretion

G Chai, E Szenker-Ravi, C Chung, Z Li… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Structural birth defects occur in approximately 3% of live births; most such
defects lack defined genetic or environmental causes. Despite advances in surgical …

Unraveling the inconsistencies of cardiac differentiation efficiency induced by the GSK3β inhibitor CHIR99021 in human pluripotent stem cells

F Laco, TL Woo, Q Zhong, R Szmyd, S Ting, FJ Khan… - Stem cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Cardiac differentiation efficiency is hampered by inconsistencies and low reproducibility. We
analyzed the differentiation process of multiple human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) lines in …

A highly selective GSK-3β inhibitor CHIR99021 promotes osteogenesis by activating canonical and autophagy-mediated Wnt signaling

B Wang, S Khan, P Wang, X Wang, Y Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The discovery and application of small molecules is one of the practical strategies of safe
osteogenic drugs. The small molecule CHIR99021 (C91) is a highly specific, safe, and most …

[HTML][HTML] Developmental inhibition of Gsk3 rescues behavioral and neurophysiological deficits in a mouse model of schizophrenia predisposition

M Tamura, J Mukai, JA Gordon, JA Gogos - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
While the genetic basis of schizophrenia is increasingly well characterized, novel treatments
will require establishing mechanistic relationships between specific risk genes and core …