Hedgehog signaling

Hedgehog signaling.

The Hedgehog (Hh) proteins belong to one of a small number of families of secreted signals that play a central role in the development of most metazoans. hh itself was originally identified as a mutation that causes a “segment polarity” phenotype in Drosophila—as were most of the core components of the Hh signal transduction pathway (Ingham et al. 2011). These components have been highly conser...

Cooperative Hedgehog-EGFR signaling.

It has been known for many years that cooperative interactions between oncogenes (e.g. RAS, MYC, BCL2) can fuel cancer growth (1-5), but the restricted druggability of many of those interacting cancer genes has hampered translation of combined targeting to medical cancer therapy. The identification and characterization of cooperative cancer signaling pathways amenable to medical therapy is ther...

Hedgehog Signaling Pathway

The hedgehog signaling pathway is a mechanism that directs the development of embryonic cells in animals, from invertebrates to vertebrates. The hedgehog signaling pathway is a system of genes [5] and gene products, mostly proteins, that convert one kind of signal into another, called transduction. In 1980, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard [6] and Eric F. Wieschaus, at the European Molecular Biology...

SnapShot: Hedgehog Signaling Pathway

The role of the desert hedgehog signaling pathway during degeneration and regeneration of peripheral nerves

The desert hedgehog (Dhh) signaling pathway is involved in the development of peripheral nerves (PNs). Dhh-null mice show abnormal neuronal development and perineurial barrier function. As it was previously shown that dhh is mainly expressed in developmental nerves and Sonic hedgehog protein (dhh homologous) has therapeutic effects in neuronal survival, we attempted to investigate the possible ...