REGENERA Research Group

International Journal of Inflammation, Cancer and Integrative Therapy

The role of Wnt signaling and treatment mechanism in leukemia

Abstract

Author(s): Seyyed Hossein Hassanpour, Mohammad Amin Dehghani, Seyyedeh Zeinab Karami, Fatemeh Dehghani

Increased activity of Wnt pathway has been observed in a huge number of malignancies. This pathway can function as a prosurvival factor in leukemia stem cells and early committed leukemic precursors and its inhibition is regarded as a therapeutic approach. Accordingly, the aim of this review is to evaluate the Wnt inhibitors used in leukemia models.