Roles of the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the most common type of head and neck tumor. It is a high incidence malignant tumor associated with a low survival rate and limited treatment options. Accumulating conclusions indicate that the Wnt signaling pathway plays a vital role in the pathobiol...
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Published in | Frontiers in molecular biosciences Vol. 7; p. 590912 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Switzerland
Frontiers Media S.A
05.01.2021
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Summary: | Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the most common type of head and neck tumor. It is a high incidence malignant tumor associated with a low survival rate and limited treatment options. Accumulating conclusions indicate that the Wnt signaling pathway plays a vital role in the pathobiological process of HNSCC. The canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway affects a variety of cellular progression, enabling tumor cells to maintain and further promote the immature stem-like phenotype, proliferate, prolong survival, and gain invasiveness. Genomic studies of head and neck tumors have shown that although β-catenin is not frequently mutated in HNSCC, its activity is not inhibited by mutations in upstream gene encoding β-catenin, NOTCH1, FAT1, and AJUBA. Genetic defects affect the components of the Wnt pathway in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and the epigenetic mechanisms that regulate inhibitors of the Wnt pathway. This paper aims to summarize the groundbreaking discoveries and recent advances involving the Wnt signaling pathway and highlight the relevance of this pathway in head and neck squamous cell cancer, which will help provide new insights into improving the treatment of human HNSCC by interfering with the transcriptional signaling of Wnt. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 Edited by: Matteo Becatti, University of Florence, Italy Reviewed by: Naoki Katase, Nagasaki University, Japan; Michael Bordonaro, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, United States; Martha Robles-Flores, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico These authors have contributed equally to this work This article was submitted to Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics, a section of the journal Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences |
ISSN: | 2296-889X 2296-889X |
DOI: | 10.3389/fmolb.2020.590912 |