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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2016

WNT-5A: signaling and functions in health and disease.

Kuldeep Kumawat, Reinoud Gosens

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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121 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kuldeep KumawatDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands. kumawatkuldeep@hotmail.com.
Reinoud GosensDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

WNT-5A plays critical roles in a myriad of processes from embryonic morphogenesis to the maintenance of post-natal homeostasis. WNT-5A knock-out mice fail to survive and present extensive structural malformations. WNT-5A predominantly activates β-catenin-independent WNT signaling cascade but can also activate β-catenin signaling to relay its diverse cellular effects such as cell polarity, migration, proliferation, cell survival, and immunomodulation. Moreover, aberrant WNT-5A signaling is associated with several human pathologies such as cancer, fibrosis, and inflammation. Thus, owing to its diverse functions, WNT-5A is a crucial signaling molecule currently under intense investigation with efforts to not only delineate its signaling mechanisms and functions in physiological and pathological conditions, but also to develop strategies for its therapeutic targeting.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalWnt Signaling PathwayAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell MovementGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMiceMolecular Sequence DataProto-Oncogene ProteinsSequence AlignmentWnt-5a ProteinWnt ProteinsProto-Oncogene ProteinsWnt-5a ProteinWNT5A protein, humanWnt ProteinsCancerDifferentiationEmbryogenesisFibrosisInflammationMigrationReceptorsTranscription

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PMID26514730
PMCPMC4713724

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