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WNT signalling pathways as therapeutic targets in cancer

Jamie N. Anastas, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2013 - 
- Vol. 13, Iss: 1, pp 11-26
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This work has shown that WNTs and their downstream effectors regulate various processes that are important for cancer progression, including tumour initiation, tumour growth, cell senescence, cell death, differentiation and metastasis, and improved drug-discovery platforms and new technologies have facilitated the discovery of agents that can alter WNT signalling in preclinical models.
Abstract
Since the initial discovery of the oncogenic activity of WNT1 in mouse mammary glands, our appreciation for the complex roles for WNT signalling pathways in cancer has increased dramatically. WNTs and their downstream effectors regulate various processes that are important for cancer progression, including tumour initiation, tumour growth, cell senescence, cell death, differentiation and metastasis. Although WNT signalling pathways have been difficult to target, improved drug-discovery platforms and new technologies have facilitated the discovery of agents that can alter WNT signalling in preclinical models, thus setting the stage for clinical trials in humans.

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Inferring Disease-Associated MicroRNAs Using Semi-supervised Multi-Label Graph Convolutional Networks.

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WNT Signaling in Neuroblastoma.

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- 19 Jul 2019 - 
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circRNA_001275 upregulates Wnt7a expression by competitively sponging miR‑370‑3p to promote cisplatin resistance in esophageal cancer Erratum in /10.3892/ijo.2020.5137

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Targeting AMPK, mTOR and β-Catenin by Combined Metformin and Aspirin Therapy in HCC: An Appraisal in Egyptian HCC Patients.

TL;DR: Investigating the possibility of targeting AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and β-catenin proteins through combined metformin/aspirin treatment in the HepG2 cell line to explore such molecular targets in Egyptian HCC patients found it to be a promising therapeutic strategy.
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Wnt/β-catenin signaling inhibits FBXW7 expression by upregulation of microRNA-770 in hepatocellular carcinoma

TL;DR: Protein levels, but not message RNA, of FBXW7 were suppressed by Wnt3a treatment or transfection of a constitutively activated β-catenin in HCC cells, suggesting a previously unknown Wnt/β catenin–miR-770–FBXW 7 molecular network in the HCC development.
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