Gli proteins: regulation in development and cancer

P Niewiadomski, SM Niedziółka, Ł Markiewicz… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Gli proteins are transcriptional effectors of the Hedgehog signaling pathway. They play key
roles in the development of many organs and tissues, and are deregulated in birth defects …

Lithium and therapeutic targeting of GSK-3

ME Snitow, RS Bhansali, PS Klein - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lithium salts have been in the therapeutic toolbox for better or worse since the 19th century,
with purported benefit in gout, hangover, insomnia, and early suggestions that lithium …

GLI3: a mediator of genetic diseases, development and cancer

SJ Matissek, SF Elsawa - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2020 - Springer
The transcription factor GLI3 is a member of the Hedgehog (Hh/HH) signaling pathway that
can exist as a full length (Gli3-FL/GLI3-FL) or repressor (Gli3-R/GLI3-R) form. In response to …

Glycogen synthase kinase 3β in cancer biology and treatment

T Domoto, M Uehara, D Bolidong, T Minamoto - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) 3β is a multifunctional serine/threonine protein kinase with
more than 100 substrates and interacting molecules. GSK3β is normally active in cells and …

[HTML][HTML] A molecular view of the radioresistance of gliomas

X Han, X Xue, H Zhou, G Zhang - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gliomas originate from glial cells and are the most frequent primary brain tumors. High-
grade gliomas occur∼ 4 times more frequently than low-grade gliomas, are highly …

Role of GLI transcription factors in pathogenesis and their potential as new therapeutic targets

M Sabol, D Trnski, V Musani, P Ozretić… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
GLI transcription factors have important roles in intracellular signaling cascade, acting as the
main mediators of the HH-GLI signaling pathway. This is one of the major developmental …

Deciphering the clinical significance and kinase functions of GSK3α in colon cancer by proteomics and phosphoproteomics

L Gao, Y Lu, HN Chen, Z Li, M Hu, R Zhang… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2023 - ASBMB
GSK3α and GSK3β are two GSK3 isoforms with 84% overall identity and 98% identity in
their catalytic domains. GSK3β plays important roles in the pathogenesis of cancer, while …

Targeting GLI transcription factors in cancer

M Didiasova, L Schaefer, M Wygrecka - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Aberrant activation of hedgehog (Hh) signaling has been observed in a wide variety of
tumors and accounts for more than 25% of human cancer deaths. Inhibitors targeting the Hh …

The role of smoothened-dependent and-independent hedgehog signaling pathway in tumorigenesis

JY Chai, V Sugumar, MA Alshawsh, WF Wong, A Arya… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Hedgehog (Hh)-glioma-associated oncogene homolog (GLI) signaling pathway is
highly conserved among mammals, with crucial roles in regulating embryonic development …

Repurposing niclosamide for targeting pancreatic cancer by inhibiting hh/gli non-canonical axis of gsk3β

JB Kaushal, R Bhatia, RK Kanchan, P Raut… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The current obstacles for discovering new drugs for cancer therapy have
necessitated the development of the alternative strategy of drug repurposing, the …