MEK inhibitors activate Wnt signalling and induce stem cell plasticity in colorectal cancer

Autor: Tianzuo Zhan, Giulia Ambrosi, Anna Maxi Wandmacher, Benedikt Rauscher, Johannes Betge, Niklas Rindtorff, Ragna S. Häussler, Isabel Hinsenkamp, Leonhard Bamberg, Bernd Hessling, Karin Müller-Decker, Gerrit Erdmann, Elke Burgermeister, Matthias P. Ebert, Michael Boutros
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09898-0
Popis: Wnt signaling is necessary for colorectal cancer tumorigenesis and stem cell maintenance. Here, the authors identify MEK1/2 inhibitors as potent activators of Wnt/β-catenin signalling and show that clinically approved MEK inhibitors inadvertently induce stem cell plasticity in colorectal cancer
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