Dysregulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in gastrointestinal cancers

BD White, AJ Chien, DW Dawson - Gastroenterology, 2012 - Elsevier
Aberrant Wnt/β-catenin signaling is widely implicated in numerous malignancies, including
cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. Dysregulation of signaling is traditionally attributed to …

Pigment epithelium-derived factor: a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis

DW Dawson, OV Volpert, P Gillis, SE Crawford, HJ Xu… - Science, 1999 - science.org
In the absence of disease, the vasculature of the mammalian eye is quiescent, in part because
of the action of angiogenic inhibitors that prevent vessels from invading the cornea and …

[HTML][HTML] A re-evaluation of the “oncogenic” nature of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in melanoma and other cancers

OM Lucero, DW Dawson, RT Moon, AJ Chien - Current oncology reports, 2010 - Springer
In cancer, Wnt/β-catenin signaling is ubiquitously referred to as an “oncogenic” pathway that
promotes tumor progression. This review examines how the regulation and downstream …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D receptor-mediated stromal reprogramming suppresses pancreatitis and enhances pancreatic cancer therapy

…, S Kozlov, P Martin, TW Tseng, DW Dawson… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
The poor clinical outcome in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is attributed to
intrinsic chemoresistance and a growth-permissive tumor microenvironment. Conversion of …

CD36 mediates the in vitro inhibitory effects of thrombospondin-1 on endothelial cells

DW Dawson, SFA Pearce, R Zhong… - The Journal of cell …, 1997 - rupress.org
Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) is a naturally occurring inhibitor of angiogenesis that is able to
make normal endothelial cells unresponsive to a wide variety of inducers. Here we use both …

Marked expansion of exocrine and endocrine pancreas with incretin therapy in humans with increased exocrine pancreas dysplasia and the potential for glucagon …

…, M Campbell-Thompson, T Gurlo, DW Dawson… - Diabetes, 2013 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Controversy exists regarding the potential regenerative influences of incretin therapy on
pancreatic β-cells versus possible adverse pancreatic proliferative effects. Examination of …

[HTML][HTML] WNT ligand dependencies in pancreatic cancer

KY Aguilera, DW Dawson - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… Copyright © 2021 Aguilera and Dawson. This is an open-access article distributed under
the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular histone modification patterns predict prognosis and treatment response in resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma: results from RTOG 9704

…, SK Kurdistani, C Guha, DW Dawson - Journal of Clinical …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Differences in cellular levels of histone modifications have predicted clinical outcome
in certain cancers. Here, we studied the prognostic and predictive value of three histone …

Mesenchymal lineage heterogeneity underlies nonredundant functions of pancreatic cancer–associated fibroblasts

…, W Horton, JM Finan, A Sattler, R Makar, DW Dawson… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
By tracking and ablating a specific CAF population, we find that a numerically minor CAF
subtype from a defined cell of origin plays unique roles in establishing the pancreatic tumor …

Sleeping Beauty mutagenesis reveals cooperating mutations and pathways in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

…, CCK Yew, A Kovochich, DW Dawson… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly cancers affecting the Western world. Because
the disease is highly metastatic and difficult to diagnosis until late stages, the 5-y survival rate …