title: Cross-regulation of Wnt signaling and cell adhesion.
abstract: The complex cross-regulation between Wnt signaling, cell-cell adhesion, and cell-matrix adhesion has revealed a number of regulatory components important in development and cancer progression. In the following, we would like to highlight and summarize some of the steps where pathways converge or diverge in regulating Wnt activity, matrix-induced pathways, and cell adhesion. We would like to focus on the involvement of heparan sulfate proteoglycan-rich proteins (HSPGs), integrin-mediated outside-in signaling, and cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion on Wnt pathways and the transcriptional regulation of extracellular matrix components and cell adhesion molecules by Wnt signaling.
authors.affiliation: Universität Karlsruhe, Zoologisches Institut II, Kaiserstrasse 12, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. schambony@zi2.uka.de
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schambony
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunz
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gradl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D051153:Wnt Proteins
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; C502403:FAT1 protein, human; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans; D016023:Integrins; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051153:Wnt Proteins