[HTML][HTML] The regulation of β-catenin activity and function in cancer: therapeutic opportunities

S Shang, F Hua, ZW Hu - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Wnt/β-catenin signaling is an evolutionarily conserved and versatile pathway that is known
to be involved in embryonic development, tissue homeostasis and a wide variety of human …

β-Catenin destruction complex: insights and questions from a structural perspective

D Kimelman, W Xu - Oncogene, 2006 - nature.com
At the heart of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway is the β-catenin destruction complex,
which functions in the absence of Wnt signaling to keep the cytosolic and nuclear levels of β …

[HTML][HTML] Wnt signaling through inhibition of β-catenin degradation in an intact Axin1 complex

VSW Li, SS Ng, PJ Boersema, TY Low, WR Karthaus… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Degradation of cytosolic β-catenin by the APC/Axin1 destruction complex represents the key
regulated step of the Wnt pathway. It is incompletely understood how the Axin1 complex …

Glycogen synthase kinase 3: more than a namesake

GV Rayasam, VK Tulasi, R Sodhi… - British journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3), a constitutively acting multi‐functional serine threonine
kinase is involved in diverse physiological pathways ranging from metabolism, cell cycle …

Intracellular control of developmental and regenerative axon growth

FQ Zhou, WD Snider - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2006 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Axon growth is a highly regulated process that requires stimulating signals from extracellular
factors. The extracellular signals are then transduced to regulate coordinately gene …

Role of glycogen synthase kinase-3 in cell fate and epithelial-mesenchymal transitions

BW Doble, JR Woodgett - Cells Tissues Organs, 2007 - karger.com
Epithelial cells usually exist as sheets of immotile, tightly packed, well-coupled, polarized
cells with distinct apical, basal and lateral surfaces. Remarkably, these cells can …

The metastasis suppressor NDRG1 modulates the phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of β-catenin through mechanisms involving FRAT1 and PAK4

R **, W Liu, S Menezes, F Yue, M Zheng… - Journal of cell …, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) is a potent metastasis
suppressor that has been demonstrated to inhibit the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) …

Protein phosphatase 1 regulates assembly and function of the β‐catenin degradation complex

W Luo, A Peterson, BA Garcia, G Coombs… - The EMBO …, 2007 - embopress.org
The Wnt/β‐catenin signaling pathway is critical in both cellular proliferation and organismal
development. However, how the β‐catenin degradation complex is inhibited upon Wnt …

GSK-3-mediated phosphorylation enhances Maf-transforming activity

N Rocques, N Abou Zeid, K Sii-Felice, L Lecoin… - Molecular cell, 2007 - cell.com
The Maf oncoproteins are b-Zip transcription factors of the AP-1 superfamily. They are
involved in developmental, metabolic, and tumorigenic processes. Maf proteins are …

The eIF2α kinases PERK and PKR activate glycogen synthase kinase 3 to promote the proteasomal degradation of p53

D Baltzis, O Pluquet, AI Papadakis, S Kazemi… - Journal of Biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
Phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) is mediated by a family of kinases
that respond to various forms of environmental stress. The eIF2α kinases are critical for …