Showing posts with label Shh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shh. Show all posts

Monday, September 23, 2013

Major implication of the Gli-1

I.  The Gli-1 gene
affects the following other genes
---PDGFR in mesenchymal tissue
---FOXM1
---Sufu
---SP1, USF1
---Twist1
---CyclinD2
---Plakoglobulin
---Shh

II. PTCH1:  Act as a receptor to the Hedgehog ---the contact releases the SMO
Revant Info-Vismodegib
"The substance acts as a cyclopamine-competitive antagonist of the smoothened receptor (SMO) which is part of the hedgehog signaling pathway.[2] SMO inhibition causes the transcription factors GLI1 and GLI2 to remain inactive, which prevents the expression of tumor mediating genes within the hedgehog pathway.[4] This pathway is pathogenetically relevant in more than 90% of basal-cell carcinomas.[5]"wikipedia

link to chondrosarcoma is most puzzling
role in bladder cancer still to be explored, mostly I guess in the squamous type?
in Medulloblastoma?