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SUBMITTER: Sunkara RR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7013199 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sunkara Raghava R RR Sarate Rahul M RM Setia Priyanka P Shah Sanket S Gupta Sanjay S Chaturvedi Pankaj P Gera Poonam P Waghmare Sanjeev K SK
Stem cell reports 20200109 2
Wnt signaling is involved in the regulation of cancer stem cells (CSCs); however, the molecular mechanism involved is still obscure. SFRP1, a Wnt inhibitor, is downregulated in various human cancers; however, its role in tumor initiation and CSC regulation remains unexplored. Here, we used a skin carcinogenesis model, which showed early tumor initiation in Sfrp1<sup>-/-</sup> (Sfrp1 knockout) mice and increased tumorigenic potential of Sfrp1<sup>-/-</sup> CSCs. Expression profiling on Sfrp1<sup> ...[more]