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ReviewTrends in cancer2026

LGR5: from stem cell marker to therapeutic target.

Peyton C High, Maya G Cappellino, Tiffani A Blackburn, Kendra S Carmon

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Peyton C HighCenter for Translational Cancer Research, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Maya G CappellinoCenter for Translational Cancer Research, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Tiffani A BlackburnCenter for Translational Cancer Research, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Kendra S CarmonCenter for Translational Cancer Research, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: Kendra.S.Carmon@uth.tmc.edu.

Funding

Training Interdisciplinary Pharmacology Scientists (TIPS)T32GM139801 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Carmen W. Dessauer · 2021 to 2026
$1.5M
The Role and Therapeutic Targeting of GPR56 in Colorectal CancerR01CA281962 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Kendra S. Carmon · 2025 to 2026
$813k
Bispecific drug-conjugates for treating colorectal cancerR21CA282378 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CARMON, KENDRA S. · 2024 to 2025
$394k
Therapeutic co-targeting of LGR5 and MET to overcome heterogeneity and therapy resistance in colorectal tumorsR21CA302991 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CARMON, KENDRA S. · 2025 to 2025
$394k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA281962NCI NIH HHS R21 CA282378NCI NIH HHS R21 CA302991NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM139801
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5 (LGR5) is an established marker of normal and cancer stemlike cells. LGR5 has been implicated in promoting cancer cell plasticity that drives tumorigenesis, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. LGR5 rapidly and constitutively internalizes and potentiates Wnt (Wingless/Int-1)/β-catenin and adhesion signaling pathways, though its precise mechanisms and interacting partners remain unresolved. An improved understanding of LGR5 signaling may provide invaluable insight into its intricate and important functions in cancer progression. Moreover, several LGR5-targeting therapies, including peptibody- and antibody-drug conjugates and bispecific antibodies, are showing promising efficacy and tolerability in colorectal cancer and other tumor types. This review discusses the cancer-related functions of LGR5 and explores the preclinical and clinical approaches to therapeutically target this enigmatic protein.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorNeoplasmsNeoplastic Stem CellsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsColorectal NeoplasmsHumansImmunoconjugatesMolecular Targeted TherapyWnt Signaling PathwayAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorImmunoconjugatesLGR5 protein, humanReceptors, G-Protein-Coupledantibody–drug conjugatebispecific antibodycancer cell plasticitycolorectal cancerLGR5Wnt/β-catenin signaling

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PMID41942305
PMCPMC13060024

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