Pharmacology of the WNT Signaling System

by Gunnar Schulte (Editor), Pawel Kozielewicz (Editor)

Overview

Pharmacological thinking in WNT signaling.- Controlling WNT Signaling Specificity and implications for targeting WNTs pharmacologically.- WNTs on exosomes.- Strategies to target LRPs in WNT signaling.- Targeting the receptor tyrosine kinase ROR1 by small molecules.- Assessing WNT binding and Frizzled activation employing genetically encoded, biophysical sensors.- Disheveled proteins as crucial mediators of WNT signaling.- Destruction complex and regulation of CTNNB1.- Strategies to therapeutically target WNT/PCP like signaling in disease.- Mining natural compounds to target WNT signaling - from mushrooms to corals.- FZD7 as a therapeutic target in intestinal cancer.- Targeting oncogenic WNT signaling with WNT derived peptides.- Targeting WNT signaling in lung pathology.- The role of WNT signaling in osteoarthritis and the therapeutic potential of its pharmacological targeting.- WNT signaling in Alzheimers disease and other neurodegenerative disorders - opportunities for therapy?.- Targeting WNT signaling as a risk.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030855017
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	10/30/2022
Series:	Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology , #269
Edition description:	1st ed. 2021
Pages:	422
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Pharmacological thinking in WNT signaling.- Controlling WNT Signaling Specificity and implications for targeting WNTs pharmacologically.- WNTs on exosomes.- Strategies to target LRPs in WNT signaling.- Targeting the receptor tyrosine kinase ROR1 by small molecules.- Assessing WNT binding and Frizzled activation employing genetically encoded, biophysical sensors.- Disheveled proteins as crucial mediators of WNT signaling.- Destruction complex and regulation of CTNNB1.- Strategies to therapeutically target WNT/PCP like signaling in disease.- Mining natural compounds to target WNT signaling - from mushrooms to corals.- FZD7 as a therapeutic target in intestinal cancer.- Targeting oncogenic WNT signaling with WNT derived peptides.- Targeting WNT signaling in lung pathology.- The role of WNT signaling in osteoarthritis and the therapeutic potential of its pharmacological targeting.- WNT signaling in Alzheimers disease and other neurodegenerative disorders - opportunities for therapy?.- Targeting WNT signaling as a risk.