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Notch signaling
(redirected from Notch receptor)

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Notch signaling [′näch ‚sig·nəl·iŋ]
(embryology)
An evolutionarily conserved developmental pathway utilized during the differentiation of a plethora of tissue types, in organisms as diverse as nematodes and humans.


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The extracellular domain (NECD) of the Notch receptor is pulled away from the intracellular domain (NICD) exposing a site at which two proteolytic cleavage events occur.
Moreover, Wang says, the role his team has described for the Notch receptor in angiogenesis makes the molecule a potential target of drugs for head-and-neck cancers and perhaps for other solid tumors.
Background Previously published studies have shown that Dll4 and its receptor family, known as the Notch receptors, play a role in vascular development, and further, that Dll4 is required for normal vascular development and is strongly expressed in tumor vessels.
 
 
 
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