The Hedgehog proteins are a family of secreted ligands that include sonic hedgehog, Indian hedgehog and desert hedgehog in humans. Binding of Hedgehog ligands to their receptors, Patched 1 and 2, prevents inhibition of a 7 transmembrane receptor called Smoothened. This leads to activation of GLI family of transcription factors (GLI1-3). Signaling through the Hedgehog pathway is essential for development of many tissues and organs. This pathway is highly conserved among metazoans. Aberrant activation of this pathway has been associated with a number of human malignancies including carcinoma of lung, esophagus, pancreas and prostate.
Source: NetPath http://www.netpath.org/pathways?path_id=NetPath_10NetPath:10 ; cellmap:10 - Hedgehog Signaling Pathway
This cancer signaling pathway is available at Cancer Cell Map (http://cancer.cellmap.org) and NetPath (http://www.netpath.org) and is part of a collaborative project between the Computational Biology Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (http://cbio.mskcc.org), PandeyLab at Johns Hopkins University (http://pandeylab.igm.jhmi.edu) and Institute of Bioinformatics (http://www.ibioinformatics.org). If you use this pathway, you must cite the Cancer Cell Map and NetPath websites until the pathway is published.http://cancer.cellmap.org; http://www.netpath.orgThis pathway was inferred from Homo sapiens pathway [http://www.wikipathways.org/index.php?title=Pathway:WP47&oldid=20775 WP47(r20775)] with a 84% conversion rate.f8aad8Hedgehog signaling pathwayPW:0000122Pathway Ontology3147217PubMedRequirements for hedgehod, a segmental polarity gene, in patterning larval and adult cuticle of Drosophila.Genetics1988Mohler J15205520PubMedThe Hedgehog response network: sensors, switches, and routers.Science2004Lum LBeachy PA