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[Non-canonical Wnt signaling and cellular responses.]

Michiru NishitaTakeshi SajiYasuhiro Minami
Published in: Clinical calcium (2019)
Non-canonical Wnt signaling, including planar cell polarity and Ca2+ pathways, plays crucial roles in developmental processes, including morphogenesis and tissue-/organo-genesis, in animals. Ror2 receptor tyrosine kinase mediates non-canonical Wnt signaling by acting as a receptor for Wnt5a, which also inhibits canonical Wnt signaling. Dysregulation of Wnt5a-Ror2 signaling causes a wide range of developmental defects and cancer progression. Recently, Ror2-mediated non-canonical Wnt signaling has also been shown to induce formation of filopodia that facilitates transport of Wnt to neighboring cells, thereby activating canonical Wnt signaling there.
Keyphrases
  • tyrosine kinase
  • stem cells
  • cell proliferation
  • epidermal growth factor receptor
  • induced apoptosis
  • signaling pathway
  • single cell
  • cell cycle arrest
  • oxidative stress
  • young adults
  • mesenchymal stem cells
  • cell death