Noncanonical Wnt signaling in vertebrate development, stem cells, and diseases

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-256

  Sugimura, Ryohichi ^a   Li, Linheng ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Development; Noncanonical Wnt signaling; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; LIGAND; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; MICRORNA; PROTEIN KINASE FYN; PROTEIN KINASE YES; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 2; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNDECAN 4; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT11 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELASTIC TISSUE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOID CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VERTEBRATES; WNT PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650482080     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20195     Document Type: Review

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