ArticleCancer gene therapy2009
Downregulation of Wnt2 and beta-catenin by siRNA suppresses malignant glioma cell growth.
Article in Cancer gene therapy, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers.
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- MicroRNAs as the pivotal regulators of Temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma.Molecular brain · 2024Review
- PL-hMSC and CH-hMSC derived soluble factors inhibit proliferation but improve hGBM cell migration by activating TGF-β and inhibiting Wnt signaling.Bioscience reports · 2024Article
- Glioma Stem Cells-Features for New Therapy Design.Cancers · 2024Review
- Inhibitor of Wnt receptor 1 suppresses the effects of Wnt1, Wnt3a and β‑catenin on the proliferation and migration of C6 GSCs induced by low‑dose radiation.Oncology reports · 2024Article
- Human neural stem cells repress glioma cell progression in a paracrine manner by downregulating the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway.FEBS open bio · 2023Article
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- Ror1 is expressed inducibly by Notch and hypoxia signaling and regulates stem cell-like property of glioblastoma cells.Cancer science · 2023Article
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- Research Progress on the Regulation Mechanism of Key Signal Pathways Affecting the Prognosis of Glioma.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022Review
- Modeling cartilage pathology in mucopolysaccharidosis VI using iPSCs reveals early dysregulation of chondrogenic and metabolic gene expression.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- AEG-1 silencing attenuates M2-polarization of glioma-associated microglia/macrophages and sensitizes glioma cells to temozolomide.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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- Tumor Spheroids of an Aggressive Form of Central Neurocytoma Have Transit-Amplifying Progenitor Characteristics with Enhanced EGFR and Tumor Stem Cell Signaling.Experimental neurobiology · 2021Article
- Roles of Non-coding RNAs and Angiogenesis in Glioblastoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Increasing evidence suggests that aberrant activation of Wnt signaling is involved in tumor development and progression. Our earlier study on gene expression profile in human gliomas by microarray found that some members of Wnt family were overexpressed. To further investigate the involvement of Wnt signaling in gliomas, the expression of core components of Wnt signaling cascade in 45 astrocytic glioma specimens with different tumor grades was examined by reverse transcription-PCR and immunohistochemistry. Wnt2, Wnt5a, frizzled2 and beta-catenin were overexpressed in gliomas. Knockdown of Wnt2 and its key mediator beta-catenin in the canonical Wnt pathway by siRNA in human U251 glioma cells inhibited cell proliferation and invasive ability, and induced apoptotic cell death. Furthermore, treating the nude mice carrying established subcutaneous U251 gliomas with siRNA targeting Wnt2 and beta-catenin intratumorally also delayed the tumor growth. In both in vitro and in vivo studies, downregulation of Wnt2 and beta-catenin was associated with the decrease of PI3K/p-AKT expression, indicating the interplay between Wnt/beta-catenin and PI3K/AKT signaling cascades. In conclusion, the canonical Wnt pathway is of critical importance in the gliomagenesis and intervention of this pathway may provide a new therapeutic approach for malignant gliomas.
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