The role of the Hedgehog signaling pathway in cancer: A comprehensive review

AM Skoda, D Simovic, V Karin… - Bosnian journal of …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway was first identified in the common fruit fly. It is a
highly conserved evolutionary pathway of signal transmission from the cell membrane to the …

Hedgehog signaling: from basic biology to cancer therapy

F Wu, Y Zhang, B Sun, AP McMahon, Y Wang - Cell chemical biology, 2017 - cell.com
The Hedgehog (HH) signaling pathway was discovered originally as a key pathway in
embryonic patterning and development. Since its discovery, it has become increasingly …

Structural basis of Smoothened regulation by its extracellular domains

EFX Byrne, R Sircar, PS Miller, G Hedger, G Luchetti… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Developmental signals of the Hedgehog (Hh) and Wnt families are transduced across the
membrane by Frizzled-class G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) composed of both a …

Biochemical mechanisms of vertebrate hedgehog signaling

JH Kong, C Siebold, R Rohatgi - Development, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Signaling pathways that mediate cell-cell communication are essential for collective cell
behaviors in multicellular systems. The hedgehog (HH) pathway, first discovered and …

Hedgehog signaling in cancer: a prospective therapeutic target for eradicating cancer stem cells

IN Sari, LTH Phi, N Jun, YT Wijaya, S Lee, HY Kwon - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Hedgehog (Hh) pathway is a signaling cascade that plays a crucial role in many
fundamental processes, including embryonic development and tissue homeostasis …

Structural basis for Smoothened receptor modulation and chemoresistance to anticancer drugs

C Wang, H Wu, T Evron, E Vardy, GW Han… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The Smoothened receptor (SMO) mediates signal transduction in the hedgehog pathway,
which is implicated in normal development and carcinogenesis. SMO antagonists can …

Sterols in an intramolecular channel of Smoothened mediate Hedgehog signaling

X Qi, L Friedberg, R De Bose-Boyd, T Long… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Smoothened (SMO), a class Frizzled G protein-coupled receptor (class F GPCR), transduces
the Hedgehog signal across the cell membrane. Sterols can bind to its extracellular cysteine …

The Hedgehog pathway: role in cell differentiation, polarity and proliferation

Y Jia, Y Wang, J **e - Archives of toxicology, 2015 - Springer
Hedgehog (Hh) is first described as a genetic mutation that has “spiked” phenotype in the
cuticles of Drosophila in later 1970s. Since then, Hh signaling has been implicated in …

Mechanistic insights into the generation and transduction of hedgehog signaling

X Qi, X Li - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Cell differentiation and proliferation require Hedgehog (HH) signaling and aberrant HH
signaling causes birth defects or cancers. In this signaling pathway, the N-terminally …

Structure and functional properties of Norrin mimic Wnt for signalling with Frizzled4, Lrp5/6, and proteoglycan

TH Chang, FL Hsieh, M Zebisch, K Harlos, J Elegheert… - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Wnt signalling regulates multiple processes including angiogenesis, inflammation, and
tumorigenesis. Norrin (Norrie Disease Protein) is a cystine-knot like growth factor. Although …