Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Manic Fringe deficiency imposes Jagged1 addiction to intestinal tumor cells

  • Erika López-Arribillaga,
  • Verónica Rodilla,
  • Carlota Colomer,
  • Anna Vert,
  • Amy Shelton,
  • Jason H. Cheng,
  • Bing Yan,
  • Abel Gonzalez-Perez,
  • Melissa R. Junttila,
  • Mar Iglesias,
  • Ferran Torres,
  • Joan Albanell,
  • Alberto Villanueva,
  • Anna Bigas,
  • Christian W. Siebel,
  • LLuís Espinosa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05385-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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In intestinal adenomas carrying active β-catenin, Jagged1 (Jag1) ligand is responsible for Notch1 activation. Here, the authors show the reliance of Notch on Jag1 in cancer, and investigate how Jag1–Notch1 signaling interference may provide therapeutic benefits in some colorectal cancer patients