MEK inhibitors activate Wnt signalling and induce stem cell plasticity in colorectal cancer

MEK inhibitors activate Wnt signalling and induce stem cell plasticity in colorectal cancer

Wnt signaling is necessary for colorectal cancer tumorigenesis and stem cell maintenance. Here, the authors identify MEK1/2 inhibitors as potent activators of Wnt/β-catenin signalling and show that clinically approved MEK inhibitors inadvertently induce stem cell plasticity in colorectal cancer

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Main Authors: Tianzuo Zhan, Giulia Ambrosi, Anna Maxi Wandmacher, Benedikt Rauscher, Johannes Betge, Niklas Rindtorff, Ragna S. Häussler, Isabel Hinsenkamp, Leonhard Bamberg, Bernd Hessling, Karin Müller-Decker, Gerrit Erdmann, Elke Burgermeister, Matthias P. Ebert, Michael Boutros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09898-0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09898-0

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