Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22182510›Full record

ReviewCellular signalling2012

Frizzled7 as an emerging target for cancer therapy.

Taj D King, Wei Zhang, Mark J Suto, Yonghe Li

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In one paragraph

Review in Cellular signalling, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
77citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 153 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Adrenocortical stem cells in health and disease.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2025
    Review
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  5. Frizzled receptors: gatekeepers of Wnt signaling in development and disease.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
    Review
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  9. Genes · 2024
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  12. Synthesis of the scFv fragment of anti-Frizzled-7 antibody and evaluation of its effects on triple-negative breast cancer in vitro study.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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  15. Wnt Signaling Inhibitors and Their Promising Role in Tumor Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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17 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taj D KingDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, 2000 Ninth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA.
Wei Zhang
Mark J Suto
Yonghe Li
Southern Research Institute · US

Funding

Wnt co-receptor LRP6 turnover and cancerR01CA124531 · NCI · SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI LI, YONGHE · 2008 to 2011
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA124531NCI NIH HHS R01CA124531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wnt proteins are secreted glycoproteins that bind to the N-terminal extra-cellular cysteine-rich domain of the Frizzled (Fzd) receptor family. The Fzd receptors can respond to Wnt proteins in the presence of Wnt co-receptors to activate the canonical and non-canonical Wnt pathways. Recent studies indicated that, among the Fzd family, Fzd7 is the Wnt receptor most commonly upregulated in a variety of cancers including colorectal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma and triple negative breast cancer. Fzd7 plays an important role in stem cell biology and cancer development and progression. In addition, it has been demonstrated that siRNA knockdown of Fzd7, the anti-Fzd7 antibody or the extracellular peptide of Fzd7 (soluble Fzd7 peptide) displayed anti-cancer activity in vitro and in vivo mainly due to the inhibition of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition of Fzd7 by small interfering peptides or a small molecule inhibitor suppressed β-catenin-dependent tumor cell growth. Therefore, targeted inhibition of Fzd7 represents a rational and promising new approach for cancer therapy.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAnimalsAntibodies, Neutralizingbeta CateninBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, HepatocellularColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleFrizzled ReceptorsGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansLiver NeoplasmsMiceMice, SCIDMolecular Targeted TherapyPeptidesAntibodies, Neutralizingbeta CateninFrizzled ReceptorsFZD7 protein, humanPeptidesRNA, Small InterferingWnt Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22182510
PMCPMC3268941
OpenAlexW1964026954

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