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- Title
Participation of WNT and β-Catenin in Physiological and Pathological Endometrial Changes: Association with Angiogenesis.
- Authors
Kiewisz, Jolanta; Wasniewski, Tomasz; Kmiec, Zbigniew
- Abstract
WNT proteins are involved in embryonic development, sex determination, stem cell recruitment, angiogenesis, and cancer. They take part in morphological changes in the endometrium during development, regulate processes of endometrial proliferation and differentiation. This review presents current knowledge about implication of WNT proteins and β-catenin in physiological endometrial functions as well as their involvement in uterine carcinogenesis. Influence of WNT proteins on the formation of blood vessel, taking place both under healthy and pathological conditions, is also considered. Participation of WNT proteins, β-catenin, and inhibitors and inducers of WNT signaling in the process of endometrial angiogenesis is largely unknown. Thus, confirmation of their local and systemic participation in the process of endometrial angiogenesis may in the long term help to establish new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in conditions associated with the pathology of the female reproductive system.
- Subjects
WNT proteins; CATENINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; CELL proliferation; CELL differentiation; TISSUE remodeling
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2015, Vol 2015, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1155/2015/854056