Spatial architecture of the immune microenvironment orchestrates tumor immunity and therapeutic response

T Fu, LJ Dai, SY Wu, Y **ao, D Ma, YZ Jiang… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021‏ - Springer
Tumors are not only aggregates of malignant cells but also well-organized complex
ecosystems. The immunological components within tumors, termed the tumor immune …

Volatile compounds in human breath: critical review and meta-analysis

T Issitt, L Wiggins, M Veysey, ST Sweeney… - Journal of Breath …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Volatile compounds contained in human breath reflect the inner workings of the body. A
large number of studies have been published that link individual components of breath to …

NaCl enhances CD8+ T cell effector functions in cancer immunotherapy

C Scirgolea, R Sottile, M De Luca, A Susana… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
CD8+ T cells control tumors but inevitably become dysfunctional in the tumor
microenvironment. Here, we show that sodium chloride (NaCl) counteracts T cell dysfunction …

Ranolazine: a potential anti-metastatic drug targeting voltage-gated sodium channels

MBA Djamgoz - British Journal of Cancer, 2024‏ - nature.com
Background Multi-faceted evidence from a range of cancers suggests strongly that de novo
expression of voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) plays a significant role in driving …

Aging as a loss of morphostatic information: A developmental bioelectricity perspective

L Pio-Lopez, M Levin - Ageing Research Reviews, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Maintaining order at the tissue level is crucial throughout the lifespan, as failure can lead to
cancer and an accumulation of molecular and cellular disorders. Perhaps, the most …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo evidence for voltage-gated sodium channel expression in carcinomas and potentiation of metastasis

MBA Djamgoz, SP Fraser, WJ Brackenbury - Cancers, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
A wide body of evidence suggests that voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are
expressed de novo in several human carcinomas where channel activity promotes a variety …

The modulatory effect of high salt on immune cells and related diseases

X Li, A Alu, Y Wei, X Wei, M Luo - Cell proliferation, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background The adverse effect of excessive salt intake has been recognized in decades.
Researchers have mainly focused on the association between salt intake and hypertension …

Sodium channels and the ionic microenvironment of breast tumours

TK Leslie, WJ Brackenbury - The Journal of Physiology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cancers of epithelial origin such as breast, prostate, cervical, gastric, colon and lung cancer
account for a large proportion of deaths worldwide. Better treatment of metastasis, the main …

Targeting ion channels for cancer treatment: current progress and future challenges

AL Capatina, D Lagos, WJ Brackenbury - Targets of Cancer Diagnosis and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Ion channels are key regulators of cancer cell pathophysiology. They contribute to a variety
of processes such as maintenance of cellular osmolarity and membrane potential, motility …

Anti-Tumor Activity of Hypericum perforatum L. and Hyperforin through Modulation of Inflammatory Signaling, ROS Generation and Proton Dynamics

M Menegazzi, P Masiello, M Novelli - Antioxidants, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
In this paper we review the mechanisms of the antitumor effects of Hypericum perforatum
L.(St. John's wort, SJW) and its main active component hyperforin (HPF). SJW extract is …