A Cell Model Suitable for a High-Throughput Screening of Inhibitors of the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway

Front Pharmacol. 2018 Oct 11:9:1160. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01160. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

A constitutive activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway is an initiating event in colon carcinogenesis. We developed colon cancer cells models that highlight the non-selectivity of previously described inhibitors of the Wnt pathway and we propose our model as a suitable screening system for inhibitors of the pathway.

Keywords: Wnt/β-catenin pathway; cell models; colorectal cancer; high-throughput screening; inhibitors.