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Review

Frizzled Receptors as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Human Cancers

by
Chui-Mian Zeng
1,
Zhe Chen
2 and
Li Fu
1,*
1
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, Department of Pharmacology and Carson International Cancer Research Centre, Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Shenzhen 518060, China
2
Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Gastro-Intestinal Pathophysiology, Zhejiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310006, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(5), 1543; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19051543
Submission received: 30 March 2018 / Revised: 12 May 2018 / Accepted: 19 May 2018 / Published: 22 May 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cancer-Driver G Protein-Coupled Receptors as Therapeutic Targets)
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Abstract

Frizzled receptors (FZDs) are a family of seven-span transmembrane receptors with hallmarks of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that serve as receptors for secreted Wingless-type (WNT) ligands in the WNT signaling pathway. Functionally, FZDs play crucial roles in regulating cell polarity, embryonic development, cell proliferation, formation of neural synapses, and many other processes in developing and adult organisms. In this review, we will introduce the basic structural features and review the biological function and mechanism of FZDs in the progression of human cancers, followed by an analysis of clinical relevance and therapeutic potential of FZDs. We will focus on the development of antibody-based and small molecule inhibitor-based therapeutic strategies by targeting FZDs for human cancers.
Keywords: frizzled receptors; WNT signaling pathway; cancer therapy; antibody; small molecule inhibitor frizzled receptors; WNT signaling pathway; cancer therapy; antibody; small molecule inhibitor
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Zeng, C.-M.; Chen, Z.; Fu, L. Frizzled Receptors as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Human Cancers. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 1543. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19051543

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Zeng C-M, Chen Z, Fu L. Frizzled Receptors as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Human Cancers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018; 19(5):1543. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19051543

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Zeng, Chui-Mian, Zhe Chen, and Li Fu. 2018. "Frizzled Receptors as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Human Cancers" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19, no. 5: 1543. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19051543

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Zeng, C.-M., Chen, Z., & Fu, L. (2018). Frizzled Receptors as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Human Cancers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(5), 1543. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19051543

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