Wnt/β-catenin signalling: function, biological mechanisms, and therapeutic opportunities

J Liu, Q **ao, J **ao, C Niu, Y Li, X Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The Wnt/β-catenin pathway comprises a family of proteins that play critical roles in
embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. The deregulation of Wnt/β-catenin …

The Wnt pathway: from signaling mechanisms to synthetic modulators

EY Rim, H Clevers, R Nusse - Annual review of biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The Wnt pathway is central to a host of developmental and disease-related processes. The
remarkable conservation of this intercellular signaling cascade throughout metazoan …

Single-cell analyses define a continuum of cell state and composition changes in the malignant transformation of polyps to colorectal cancer

WR Becker, SA Nevins, DC Chen, R Chiu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
To chart cell composition and cell state changes that occur during the transformation of
healthy colon to precancerous adenomas to colorectal cancer (CRC), we generated single …

Wnt/β-catenin signaling in cancers and targeted therapies

F Yu, C Yu, F Li, Y Zuo, Y Wang, L Yao, C Wu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Wnt/β-catenin signaling has been broadly implicated in human cancers and experimental
cancer models of animals. Aberrant activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling is tightly linked with …

Spatial biology of cancer evolution

Z Seferbekova, A Lomakin, LR Yates… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The natural history of cancers can be understood through the lens of evolution given that the
driving forces of cancer development are mutation and selection of fitter clones. Cancer …

Wnt signaling in breast cancer: biological mechanisms, challenges and opportunities

X Xu, M Zhang, F Xu, S Jiang - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Wnt signaling is a highly conserved signaling pathway that plays a critical role in controlling
embryonic and organ development, as well as cancer progression. Genome-wide …

Mutations and mechanisms of WNT pathway tumour suppressors in cancer

JM Bugter, N Fenderico, MM Maurice - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Mutation-induced activation of WNT–β-catenin signalling is a frequent driver event in human
cancer. Sustained WNT–β-catenin pathway activation endows cancer cells with sustained …

Molecular mechanisms of colon cancer progression and metastasis: recent insights and advancements

A Malki, RA ElRuz, I Gupta, A Allouch, S Vranic… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most common type of cancer, is the second leading cause
of cancer-related mortality rates worldwide. Although modern research was able to shed …

The E-cadherin and N-cadherin switch in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition: signaling, therapeutic implications, and challenges

CY Loh, JY Chai, TF Tang, WF Wong, G Sethi… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) has been shown to be crucial in tumorigenesis
where the EMT program enhances metastasis, chemoresistance and tumor stemness. Due …

Targeting signalling pathways and the immune microenvironment of cancer stem cells—a clinical update

JA Clara, C Monge, Y Yang, N Takebe - Nature reviews clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have important roles in tumour development, relapse and
metastasis; the intrinsic self-renewal characteristics and tumorigenic properties of these cells …