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. 2016 Dec 8;7(12):e2515. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2016.408

Table 1. Link between Pathways related to inflammation and non-canonical Notch pathways: involved molecular mechanisms.

Inflammation-linked pathway Molecular mechanism Effect Model References
NFκB Signaling Induction of Jagged 1 expression in non-cancer stem cells Stimulation of Notch signaling in cancer stem cells Basal-like breast cancer cell lines 21
  Induction of PI3K/Akt pathway Activation of Notch1, tumor growth Human melanoma samples and cell lines 23
Tissue Hypoxia Stabilization of HIF-1a Activation of Notch, tumor growth Human melanoma samples and cell lines 23
  Stabilization of Hif-1a Augmented Notch1 signaling, altered expression of cell cycle regulatory proteins, accelerated cell proliferation T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells 24
  Induction of Notch pathway, up-regulation of Notch ligand expression Induced EMT, E-Cadherin down-regulation, expression of Snail1 Cell lines of cervical, colon, glioma and ovarian cancer; breast cancer 26, 27
  Induction of 66-kDA isoform of the SHC gene (p66Shc) Induction of Notch3 signaling, self-renewal (induction of Jagged1) and hypoxia survival Mammospheres 25
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-b) induction Expression of Hey1 and Jagged1 Epithelial cells from mammary gland, kidney tubules and epidermis 28
WNT β-catenin/TCF-mediated transcriptional activation of Jagged1 Activated Notch1 and Notch2 in tumors containing nuclear β-catenin Colorectal cancer cells, human tumors from FAP 30