Wnt pathway antagonists and angiogenesis
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Secreted antagonists of the Wnt signalling pathway.
The extracellular antagonists of the Wnt signalling pathway can be divided into two broad classes. Both classes of molecule prevent ligand-receptor interactions, but by different mechanisms: members of the first class, which include the sFRP (secreted Frizzled-related protein) family, WIF (Wnt inhibitory factor)-1 and Cerberus, primarily bind to Wnt proteins; the second class comprises certain ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Protein & Cell
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1674-800X,1674-8018
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-010-0112-0