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LGR5 interacts and cointernalizes with Wnt receptors to modulate Wnt/β-catenin signaling.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jun 2012
Carmon Kendra S, Lin Qiushi, Gong Xing, Thomas Anthony, Liu Qingyun
Abstract excerpt
LGR5, a seven-transmembrane domain receptor of the rhodopsin family, is a Wnt target gene and a bona fide marker of adult stem cells in the gastrointestinal tract and hair follicle bulge. Recently, we and others demonstrated that LGR5 and its homologues function as receptors of the R-spondin family of stem cell factors to potentiate Wnt/β-catenin signaling. However, the mechanism of how LGR5 enhances the...
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