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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2018

The function of endocytosis in Wnt signaling.

Lucy Brunt, Steffen Scholpp

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Wnt signalosomes: What we know that we do not know.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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  9. Frizzled receptors: gatekeepers of Wnt signaling in development and disease.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  11. The origin and evolution of Wnt signalling.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lucy BruntLiving Systems Institute, School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Science, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK.
Steffen ScholppLiving Systems Institute, School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Science, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK. s.scholpp@exeter.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-4903-9657
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology · DEUniversity of Exeter · GB

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SCHO847-5University of Exeter (GB) Start-up Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wnt growth factors regulate one of the most important signaling networks during development, tissue homeostasis and disease. Despite the biological importance of Wnt signaling, the mechanism of endocytosis during this process is ill described. Wnt molecules can act as paracrine signals, which are secreted from the producing cells and transported through neighboring tissue to activate signaling in target cells. Endocytosis of the ligand is important at several stages of action: One central function of endocytic trafficking in the Wnt pathway occurs in the source cell. Furthermore, the β-catenin-dependent Wnt ligands require endocytosis for signal activation and to regulate gene transcription in the responding cells. Alternatively, Wnt/β-catenin-independent signaling regulates endocytosis of cell adherence plaques to control cell migration. In this comparative review, we elucidate these three fundamental interconnected functions, which together regulate cellular fate and cellular behavior. Based on established hypotheses and recent findings, we develop a revised picture for the complex function of endocytosis in the Wnt signaling network.

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Wnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsbeta CateninEndocytosisHumansProtein Transportbeta CateninCTNNB1 protein, humanCytonemesEndocytosisExosomesPlanar cell polaritySignal activationWnt

Identifiers

PMID28913633
PMCPMC5809524
OpenAlexW2756045486

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