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DKK1 (Dickkopf-related protein 1) is a gene. The public catalogues list it as a drug target and a biomarker, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response. Tied to Colorectal cancer. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Antagonises canonical Wnt signalling by inhibiting LRP5/6 interaction with Wnt and by forming a ternary complex with the transmembrane protein KREMEN that promotes internalisation of LRP5/6. DKKs play an important role in vertebrate development, where they locally inhibit Wnt regulated processes such as antero-posterior axial patterning, limb development, somitogenesis and eye formation. In the adult, Dkks are implicated in bone formation and bone disease, cancer and Alzheimer disease. Inhibits the pro-apoptotic function of KREMEN1 in a Wnt-independent manner, and has anti-apoptotic activity. Location: Secreted (UniProt). Locus 10q21.1 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Colorectal cancer: CIViC evidence names this disease
Class: other · Gene: DKK1 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"DKK1" OR ABSTRACT:"DKK1" OR TITLE:"dickkopf Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor 1" OR ABSTRACT:"dickkopf Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor 1" OR TITLE:"Dickkopf-related protein 1" OR ABSTRACT:"Dickkopf-related protein 1" OR TITLE:"DKK-1" OR ABSTRACT:"DKK-1") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about DKK1, not a curated reading list.

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