Wnt/β-catenin signaling in adult mammalian epithelial stem cells
Kretzschmar, Kai; Clevers, Hans
(2017) Developmental Biology, volume 428, issue 2, pp. 273 - 282
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Abstract
Adult stem cells self-renew and replenish differentiated cells in various organs and tissues throughout a mammal's life. Over the last 25 years an ever-growing body of knowledge has unraveled the essential regulation of adult mammalian epithelia by the canonical Wnt signaling with its key intracellular effector β-catenin. In this review,
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we discuss the principles of the signaling pathway and its role in adult epithelial stem cells of the intestine and skin during homeostasis and tumorigenesis. We further highlight the research that led to the identification of new stem cell markers and methods to study adult stem cells ex vivo.
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Keywords: Adult Stem Cells, Animals, Cell Self Renewal, Epidermis, Epithelial Cells, Humans, Intestinal Mucosa, Models, Biological, Wnt Signaling Pathway, beta Catenin, Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Journal Article, Review
ISSN: 0012-1606
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
Note: Funding Information: We are grateful to all colleagues in the field who contributed to the work described in this review. We apologize to those whose research could not be discussed due to space limitations. We are thankful to Kim Boonekamp for critical reading the manuscript. KK is supported by a VENI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO-ZonMW, 016.166.140) and is a long-term fellow of the Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO, LT771/2015). HC is named inventor on several patents related to Lgr5 stem-cell-based organoid technology. Publisher Copyright: © 2017 Elsevier Inc.
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