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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Inhibition of the Wnt Signalling Pathway: An Avenue to Control Breast Cancer Aggressiveness.

Lorenzo Castagnoli, Elda Tagliabue, Serenella M Pupa

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lorenzo CastagnoliMolecular Targeting Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Via Amadeo 42, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Elda TagliabueMolecular Targeting Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Via Amadeo 42, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9877-2903
Serenella M PupaMolecular Targeting Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Via Amadeo 42, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4592-6830

Funding

Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) IG22943Fellowship of Fondazione Umberto Veronesi (Call 2020)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common tumour in women. Although the introduction of novel therapeutic approaches in clinical practice has dramatically improved the clinical outcome of BC patients, this malignant disease remains the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The wingless/integrated (Wnt) signalling pathway represents a crucial molecular node relevantly implicated in the regulation of normal somatic stem cells as well as cancer stem cell (CSC) traits and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition cell program. Accordingly, Wnt signalling is heavily dysregulated in BC, and the altered expression of different Wnt genes is significantly associated with cancer-related aggressive behaviours. For all these reasons, Wnt signalling represents a promising therapeutic target currently under clinical investigation to achieve cancer eradication by eliminating CSCs, considered by most to be responsible for tumour initiation, relapse, and drug resistance. In this review, we summarized the current knowledge on the Wnt signalling pathway in BC and have presented evidence implicating the suitability of Wnt targeting in an attempt to improve the outcome of patients without affecting the normal somatic stem cell population.

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Wnt Signaling PathwayBreast NeoplasmsClinical Trials as TopicDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHumansModels, BiologicalNeoplasm Invasivenessbreast cancercancer stem cellsepithelial-mesenchymaltransitionresistance to therapyWnt pathway

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PMID33260642
PMCPMC7730964

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