The role of Wnt signalling in angiogenesis

JJ Olsen, SÖG Pohl, A Deshmukh… - The Clinical …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Angiogenesis is a normal biological process wherein new blood vessels form from the
growth of pre-existing blood vessels. Preventing angiogenesis in solid tumours by targeting …

Tales from the crypt: intestinal niche signals in tissue renewal, plasticity and cancer

M Spit, BK Koo, MM Maurice - Open biology, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Rapidly renewing tissues such as the intestinal epithelium critically depend on the activity of
small-sized stem cell populations that continuously generate new progeny to replace lost …

Structures of full-length glycoprotein hormone receptor signalling complexes

J Duan, P Xu, X Cheng, C Mao, T Croll, X He, J Shi… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Luteinizing hormone and chorionic gonadotropin are glycoprotein hormones that are related
to follicle-stimulating hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone,. Luteinizing hormone and …

Differential activities and mechanisms of the four R-spondins in potentiating Wnt/β-catenin signaling

S Park, J Cui, W Yu, L Wu, KS Carmon, QJ Liu - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - jbc.org
The four R-spondins (RSPO1–4) strongly potentiate Wnt signaling and play critical roles in
normal development, adult stem cell survival, and cancer development and aggressiveness …

USP42 protects ZNRF3/RNF43 from R‐spondin‐dependent clearance and inhibits Wnt signalling

N Giebel, A de Jaime‐Soguero, A García del Arco… - EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
The tumour suppressors RNF43 and ZNRF3 play a central role in development and tissue
homeostasis by promoting the turnover of the Wnt receptors LRP6 and Frizzled (FZD). The …

LGR5 receptor promotes cell–cell adhesion in stem cells and colon cancer cells via the IQGAP1–Rac1 pathway

KS Carmon, X Gong, J Yi, L Wu, A Thomas… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - jbc.org
Leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein–coupled receptor 5 (LGR5) is a bona fide marker
of adult stem cells in several epithelial tissues, most notably in the intestinal crypts, and is …

Structural perspectives on axon guidance

E Seiradake, EY Jones, R Klein - Annual review of cell and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Axon guidance relies on a combinatorial code of receptor and ligand interactions that direct
adhesive/attractive and repulsive cellular responses. Recent structural data have revealed …

R-spondins engage heparan sulfate proteoglycans to potentiate WNT signaling

R Dubey, P van Kerkhof, I Jordens, T Malinauskas… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
R-spondins (RSPOs) amplify WNT signaling during development and regenerative
responses. We previously demonstrated that RSPOs 2 and 3 potentiate WNT/β-catenin …

Structural insights into the LGR4-RSPO2-ZNRF3 complexes regulating WNT/β-catenin signaling

L Wang, F Hu, Q Cui, H Qiao, L Li, T Geng, Y Li… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
WNT/β-catenin signaling plays key roles in development and cancer,. ZNRF3/RNF43
modulates Frizzleds through ubiquitination, dampening WNT/β-catenin signaling …

LGR4 and LGR5 form distinct homodimers that only LGR4 complexes with RNF43/ZNRF3 to provide high affinity binding of R-spondin ligands

Y Toh, L Wu, S Park, A Wang, J Tu, W Yu, M Zuo… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
LGR4 and LGR5 are two homologous receptors that potentiate Wnt/β-catenin signaling in
response to R-spondin (RSPO) ligands. The RSPO and LGR4 complex binds to and inhibits …