The roles of K+ channels in cancer

LA Pardo, W Stühmer - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
Potassium channels are transmembrane proteins that selectively facilitate the flow of
potassium ions down an electrochemical gradient. These molecules have been studied in …

Potassium channels in cell cycle and cell proliferation

D Urrego, AP Tomczak, F Zahed… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Normal cell-cycle progression is a crucial task for every multicellular organism, as it
determines body size and shape, tissue renewal and senescence, and is also crucial for …

Autonomous rhythmic activity in glioma networks drives brain tumour growth

D Hausmann, DC Hoffmann, V Venkataramani, E Jung… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Diffuse gliomas, particularly glioblastomas, are incurable brain tumours. They are
characterized by networks of interconnected brain tumour cells that communicate via Ca2+ …

Mechanisms of Invasion in Glioblastoma: Extracellular Matrix, Ca2+ Signaling, and Glutamate

JS So, H Kim, KS Han - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and malignant form of primary brain tumor with a
median survival time of 14–16 months in GBM patients. Surgical treatment with …

GABRP regulates chemokine signalling, macrophage recruitment and tumour progression in pancreatic cancer through tuning KCNN4-mediated Ca2+ signalling in a …

SH Jiang, LL Zhu, M Zhang, RK Li, Q Yang, JY Yan… - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
Background and aims Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a leading cause of
cancer-related death worldwide. Neurotransmitter-initiated signalling pathway is profoundly …

Potassium channels as a target for cancer therapy: Current perspectives

L Zúñiga, A Cayo, W González, C Vilos… - OncoTargets and …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Potassium (K+) channels are highly regulated membrane proteins that control the potassium
ion flux and respond to different cellular stimuli. These ion channels are grouped into three …

Piezo1, the new actor in cell volume regulation

A Michelucci, L Catacuzzeno - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
All animal cells control their volume through a complex set of mechanisms, both to
counteract osmotic perturbations of the environment and to enable numerous vital biological …

Role of ion channels in regulating Ca2+ homeostasis during the interplay between immune and cancer cells

T Bose, A Cieślar-Pobuda, E Wiechec - Cell death & disease, 2015 - nature.com
Ion channels are abundantly expressed in both excitable and non-excitable cells, thereby
regulating the Ca 2+ influx and downstream signaling pathways of physiological processes …

KCa3. 1 channels are involved in the infiltrative behavior of glioblastoma in vivo

G D'Alessandro, M Catalano, M Sciaccaluga… - Cell death & …, 2013 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a diffuse brain tumor characterized by high infiltration in
the brain parenchyma rendering the tumor difficult to eradicate by neurosurgery. Efforts to …

Epigenetic dysregulation of KCa3.1 channels induces poor prognosis in lung cancer

E Bulk, AS Ay, M Hammadi… - … journal of cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenomic changes are an important feature of malignant tumors. How tumor
aggressiveness is affected by DNA methylation of specific loci is largely unexplored. In …