Blockade of T-Type Ca2+ Channels Inhibits Human Ovarian Cancer Cell Proliferation

W Li, SL Zhang, N Wang, BB Zhang, M Li - Cancer investigation, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Regulation of Ca2+ channels has been implicated in the progression of tumor cells. We
report here that T-type Ca2+ channel expression in human ovarian cancer tissues is greatly …

T-Type Ca2+ Channel Inhibition Induces p53-Dependent Cell Growth Arrest and Apoptosis through Activation of p38-MAPK in Colon Cancer Cells

B Dziegielewska, DL Brautigan, JM Larner… - Molecular Cancer …, 2014 - AACR
Epithelial tumor cells express T-type Ca2+ channels, which are thought to promote cell
proliferation. This study investigated the cellular response to T-type Ca2+ channel inhibition …

Functional expression of voltage‐gated calcium channels in human melanoma

A Das, C Pushparaj, N Bahí, A Sorolla… - Pigment cell & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The expression of voltage‐gated calcium channels (VGCCs) has not been reported
previously in melanoma cells in spite of increasing evidence of a role of VGCCs in …

Calcium transport and signaling in the mammary gland: targets for breast cancer

WJ Lee, GR Monteith, SJ Roberts-Thomson - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2006 - Elsevier
The mammary gland is subjected to extensive calcium loads during lactation to support the
requirements of milk calcium enrichment. Despite the indispensable nature of calcium …

Inhibition of cancer stem cells promoted by Pimozide

JM Gonçalves, CAB Silva, ERC Rivero… - Clinical and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past years, studies have described that users of antipsychotics are less likely to
develop cancer than the population in general due to cytotoxic properties of this class of …

Regulation of T-type calcium channels by Rho-associated kinase

M Iftinca, J Hamid, L Chen, D Varela… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
We investigated the regulation of T-type channels by Rho-associated kinase (ROCK).
Activation of ROCK via the endogenous ligand lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) reversibly …

Drug repurposing strategies for non-cancer to cancer therapeutics

S Singhal, P Maheshwari… - Anti-Cancer Agents …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Global efforts invested in the prevention and treatment of cancer need to be repositioned to
develop safe, effective, and economic anticancer therapeutics by adopting rational …

T-type calcium channel antagonist, TTA-A2 exhibits anti-cancer properties in 3D spheroids of A549, a lung adenocarcinoma cell line

N Kumari, A Bhargava, SN Rath - Life Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Aims Despite the advanced cancer treatments, there is increased resistance to
chemotherapy and subsequent mortality. In lack of reliable data in monolayer cultures and …

Nutrient transport in the mammary gland: calcium, trace minerals and water soluble vitamins

N Montalbetti, MG Dalghi, C Albrecht… - Journal of mammary …, 2014 - Springer
Milk nutrients are secreted by epithelial cells in the alveoli of the mammary gland by several
complex and highly coordinated systems. Many of these nutrients are transported from the …

T-Type voltage gated calcium channels: a target in breast cancer?

A Bhargava, S Saha - Breast cancer research and treatment, 2019 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this review article is to discuss the potential of T-type voltage gated
calcium channels (VGCCs) as drug targets in breast cancer. Summary Breast cancer …