SynthesisInternational journal of molecular sciences2025
The Role of Cadherin 17 (CDH17) in Cancer Progression via Wnt/β-Catenin Signalling Pathway: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- A Novel Anti-Cadherin-17 Monoclonal Antibody, CaAntibodies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Integrative Bioinformatic Characterization of the HDAC6-Driven Cytoskeleton-Wnt Signaling Interface in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Implications for Immune Modulation and Therapeutic Targeting.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- The Effect of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on the Incidence of Colorectal Cancer.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Cadherin 17 and digestive cancers: from diagnostic to therapeutic opportunities.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026Review
- Molecular imaging in gastric cancer: state-of-the-art techniques and emerging opportunities.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
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Abstract
Cadherin 17 (CDH17) is a cell adhesion glycoprotein essential for epithelial integrity. It is frequently overexpressed in various cancers, where it is associated with aggressive behaviour. While evidence indicates that CDH17 functions as an upstream regulator of Wnt/β-catenin signalling, findings are inconsistent across tumour types, limiting the assessment of CDH17 as a biomarker or therapeutic target for Wnt pathway in cancer. In this study, we systematically review and meta-analyse the relationship between CDH17 and Wnt/β-catenin signalling in human cancers and evaluate whether CDH17 modulation affects tumour behaviour through Wnt-related mechanisms. Our search of Medline, Web of Science and Scopus identified five studies examining CDH17 expression in the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in vitro and in vivo. All five studies identified CDH17 as a key driver of canonical Wnt signalling, directly influencing cancer progression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), gastric cancer (GC), and colorectal cancer (CRC). Meta-analysis (MA) showed that CDH17 inhibition consistently reduced Wnt/β-catenin downstream T-cell factor/lymphoid enhancer-binding factor (TCF/LEF) transcriptional activity (MD = -1.32, 95% CI: -1.64 to -0.99,
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