9 citations
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May 2014 in “Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease” This review discusses the role of Wnt signaling in cardiac development and explores attempts to modulate it for improving heart function after ischemic injury, but reports no new experimental results.
248 citations
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November 2011 in “The EMBO Journal” This study found that Wnt1/βcatenin signaling plays a crucial role in activating the epicardium and cardiac fibroblasts, which supports cardiac repair following acute ischemic injury.
144 citations
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August 2019 in “Cells” This review discusses the WNT signaling pathway's involvement in human diseases and highlights recent advances in WNT-related treatments, but it presents no new research findings.
1 citations
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November 2020 This study found that a pro-fibrotic Wnt1/βcatenin injury response is crucial for maintaining cardiac function following acute ischaemic cardiac injury by activating the epicardium and cardiac fibroblasts.
24 citations
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March 2021 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This study found that Wnt signaling, crucial for lung development, may be disrupted in severe asthma, potentially affecting cell proliferation and senescence through complex mechanisms.