Notch Signaling Pathway and Human Placenta

Notch Signaling Pathway and Human Placenta

Notch signaling was evolutionarily conserved and critical for cell-fate determination, differentiation and many other biological processes. Growing evidences suggested that Notch signaling pathway played an important role in the mammalian placental development. All of the mammalian Notch family proteins had been identified in human placenta except Delta-like 3, which appeared to affect the axia...

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Notch Signaling Pathway: An Overview

Pancreatic cancer is the most aggressive malignant disease once it is diagnosed and it remains the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S.A. Recent data indicates that the Notch signaling pathway plays an important role in the development and progression of pancreatic cancer. Emerging evidence also suggests that the activation of the Notch signaling pathway is mechanistically a...

[Dll4/Notch signaling pathway and tumor angiogenesis.].

Dll4是定位于人染色体15q14、基因编码长度为685 个氨基酸的单链跨膜蛋白。它在进化过程中高度保守, 人和鼠Dll4基因编码的蛋白具有87%的同源序列。Dll4 的胞外段含有与Notch受体结合必需的8个表皮生长因子 (epidermal growth factor, EGF)样重复序列、4个潜在的 糖基化位点和1个由45个氨基酸组成的保守DSL(Delta, Serrate, Lag2)结构域。 Dll4通过与相邻细胞膜上的Notch1或Notch4受体相 互结合,使Notch受体经过一系列蛋白酶裂解。这个过 程主要包含2个蛋白酶,即肿瘤坏死因子α转换酶(tumor necrosis factor α-converzyme, TACE)和早老素(presenilin) 或称为γ-分泌酶(γ-secretase),受体裂解后释放出活化 形式的胞内区域(notch intrace...

Notch signaling pathway and tissue engineering.

The Notch pathway is a signaling network essential for proper organ development in an embryo, and is indispensable for tissue regeneration in the adult. This key regulatory signaling network is evolutionarily conserved in all metazoans and is continually utilized for the building, maintenance and repair of diverse organs and tissues. Importantly, dysfunctions in the Notch pathway have been demo...