[HTML][HTML] Role of serotonin receptor signaling in cancer cells and anti-tumor immunity

S Karmakar, G Lal - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Serotonin or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a neurotransmitter known to affect
emotion, behavior, and cognition, and its effects are mostly studied in neurological diseases …

Cancer cell heterogeneity & plasticity in glioblastoma and brain tumors

A Lauko, A Lo, MS Ahluwalia, JD Lathia - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain tumors remain one of the most difficult tumors to treat and, depending on the
diagnosis, have a poor prognosis. Of brain tumors, glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common …

Serotonin provides an accessory signal to enhance T-cell activation by signaling through the 5-HT7 receptor

M León-Ponte, GP Ahern, PJ O'Connell - Blood, 2007 - ashpublications.org
Although typically considered a neurotransmitter, there is substantial evidence that serotonin
(5-HT) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory disorders. Despite these …

Targeting glioblastoma signaling and metabolism with a re-purposed brain-penetrant drug

J Bi, A Khan, J Tang, AM Armando, S Wu, W Zhang… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
The highly lethal brain cancer glioblastoma (GBM) poses a daunting challenge because the
blood-brain barrier renders potentially druggable amplified or mutated oncoproteins …

Neuronal activity in ontogeny and oncology

H Venkatesh, M Monje - Trends in cancer, 2017 - cell.com
The nervous system plays a central role in regulating the stem cell niche in many organs,
and thereby pivotally modulates development, homeostasis, and plasticity. A similarly …

Mammary gland homeostasis employs serotonergic regulation of epithelial tight junctions

MA Stull, V Pai, AJ Vomachka… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Homeostatic control of volume within the alveolar spaces of the mammary gland has been
proposed to involve a feedback system mediated by serotonin signaling. In this article, we …

Neuronal activity in the glioma microenvironment

T Johung, M Monje - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Neuronal activity promotes glioma growth.•Gliomas increase neuronal excitability
and promote seizures.•Bidirectional communication between gliomas and neurons in the …

An active role for neurons in glioma progression: making sense of Scherer's structures

S Gillespie, M Monje - Neuro-oncology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Perineuronal satellitosis, the microanatomical clustering of glioma cells around neurons in
the tumor microenvironment, has been recognized as a histopathological hallmark of high …

Biphasic regulation of mammary epithelial resistance by serotonin through activation of multiple pathways

VP Pai, ND Horseman - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008 - ASBMB
Mammary gland homeostasis and the lactation-to-involution switch are regulated by
serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)). Mammary epithelial tight junctions are physiological …

Molecular mechanisms of anti-psychotic drugs for improvement of cancer treatment

N Hendouei, F Saghafi, F Shadfar… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Anti-psychotic medications are widely used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Besides their medical applications, anti-psychotic drugs have other pharmacological …