Sonic Hedgehog activation is implicated in diosgenin-induced megakaryocytic differentiation of human erythroleukemia cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Differentiation therapy is a means to treat cancer and is induced by different agents with low toxicity and more specificity than traditional ones. Diosgenin, a plant steroid, is able to induce megakaryocytic differentiation or apoptosis in human HEL ...
Lamia Ghezali +4 more
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Uni-directional ciliary membrane protein trafficking by a cytoplasmic retrograde IFT motor and ciliary ectosome shedding [PDF]
, 2015 The role of the primary cilium in key signaling pathways depends on dynamic regulation of ciliary membrane protein composition, yet we know little about the motors or membrane events that regulate ciliary membrane protein trafficking in existing ...
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Stability study of the human G-protein coupled receptor, Smoothened
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 2010 Smoothened is a member of the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family responsible for the transduction of the Hedgehog signal to the intracellular effectors of the Hedgehog signaling pathway. Aberrant regulation of this receptor is implicated in many cancers but also in neurodegenerative disorders.
Nehmé, Rony +6 more
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of membrane receptors in animals and humans, which transmit various signals from the extracellular environment into cells.
Yan-Li Li +7 more
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In vitro and in vivo inhibition of breast cancer cell growth by targeting the Hedgehog/GLI pathway with SMO (GDC-0449) or GLI (GANT-61) inhibitors. [PDF]
, 2016 Aberrant Hedgehog (Hh)/glioma-associated oncogene (GLI) signaling has been implicated in cancer progression. Here, we analyzed GLI1, Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) and NF-κB expression in 51 breast cancer (ductal carcinoma) tissues using immunohistochemistry ...
Bei, R. +13 more
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Drug Delivery Systems for Hedgehog Inhibitors in the Treatment of SHH-Medulloblastoma
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 Medulloblastoma (MB) is a highly aggressive pediatric tumor of the cerebellum. Hyperactivation of the Hedgehog (HH) pathway is observed in about 30% of all MB diagnoses, thereby bringing out its pharmacological blockade as a promising therapeutic ...
Miriam Caimano +5 more
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Functional divergence in the role of N-linked glycosylation in smoothened signaling [PDF]
, 2015 The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) Smoothened (Smo) is the requisite signal transducer of the evolutionarily conserved Hedgehog (Hh) pathway. Although aspects of Smo signaling are conserved from Drosophila to vertebrates, significant differences have ...
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Cholesterol and Hedgehog Signaling: Mutual Regulation and Beyond
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 The Hedgehog (HH) signaling is one of the key agents that govern the precisely regulated developmental processes of multicellular organisms in vertebrates and invertebrates.
Shouying Xu, Chao Tang
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Disruption of Vitamin D and Calcium Signaling in Keratinocytes Predisposes to Skin Cancer. [PDF]
, 2016 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D), the active metabolite of vitamin D, and calcium regulate epidermal differentiation. 1,25(OH)2D exerts its effects through the vitamin D receptor (VDR), a transcription factor in the nuclear hormone receptor family ...
Bikle, Daniel D +4 more
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Subcellular localization of MC4R with ADCY3 at neuronal primary cilia underlies a common pathway for genetic predisposition to obesity. [PDF]
, 2018 Most monogenic cases of obesity in humans have been linked to mutations in genes encoding members of the leptin-melanocortin pathway. Specifically, mutations in MC4R, the melanocortin-4 receptor gene, account for 3-5% of all severe obesity cases in ...
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