The WNT/ROR pathway in cancer: from signaling to therapeutic intervention

K Menck, S Heinrichs, C Baden, A Bleckmann - Cells, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The WNT pathway is one of the major signaling cascades frequently deregulated in human
cancer. While research had initially focused on signal transduction centered on β-catenin as …

Tyrosine kinase ROR1 as a target for anti-cancer therapies

Y Zhao, D Zhang, Y Guo, B Lu, ZJ Zhao, X Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Receptor tyrosine kinase ROR1 plays an essential role in embryogenesis and is
overexpressed in many types of malignant tumors. Studies have demonstrated that it plays …

Osteoblast-derived WNT16 represses osteoclastogenesis and prevents cortical bone fragility fractures

S Movérare-Skrtic, P Henning, X Liu, K Nagano… - Nature medicine, 2014‏ - nature.com
The WNT16 locus is a major determinant of cortical bone thickness and nonvertebral
fracture risk in humans. The disability, mortality and costs caused by osteoporosis-induced …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic avenues in bone repair: Harnessing an anabolic osteopeptide, PEPITEM, to boost bone growth and prevent bone loss

JW Lewis, K Frost, G Neag, M Wahid, M Finlay… - Cell Reports …, 2024‏ - cell.com
The existing suite of therapies for bone diseases largely act to prevent further bone loss but
fail to stimulate healthy bone formation and repair. We describe an endogenous …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics implicates overactive osteogenesis in the development of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

A Sethi, JG Ruby, MA Veras, N Telis… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a condition where adjacent vertebrae
become fused through formation of osteophytes. The genetic and epidemiological etiology …

A glance on the role of actin in osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

AU Khan, R Qu, T Fan, J Ouyang, J Dai - Stem cell research & therapy, 2020‏ - Springer
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the capacity to differentiate into multiple lineages
including osteogenic and adipogenic lineages. An increasing number of studies have …

Alternative Wnt pathways and receptors

R Van Amerongen - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2012‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
In addition to activating β-catenin/TCF transcriptional complexes, Wnt proteins can elicit a
variety of other responses. These are often lumped together under the denominator …

The role of Ryk and Ror receptor tyrosine kinases in Wnt signal transduction

J Green, R Nusse… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2014‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Receptor tyrosine kinases of the Ryk and Ror families were initially classified as orphan
receptors because their ligands were unknown. They are now known to contain functional …

Wnt/PCP controls spreading of Wnt/β-catenin signals by cytonemes in vertebrates

B Mattes, Y Dang, G Greicius, LT Kaufmann… - Elife, 2018‏ - elifesciences.org
Signaling filopodia, termed cytonemes, are dynamic actin-based membrane structures that
regulate the exchange of signaling molecules and their receptors within tissues. However …

Ror‐family receptor tyrosine kinases in noncanonical Wnt signaling: Their implications in developmental morphogenesis and human diseases

Y Minami, I Oishi, M Endo… - … dynamics: an official …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Ror‐family receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) play crucial roles in the development of
various organs and tissues. In mammals, Ror2, a member of the Ror‐family RTKs, has been …