Role of TRP ion channels in cancer and tumorigenesis

G Shapovalov, A Ritaine, R Skryma… - Seminars in …, 2016 - Springer
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are recently identified proteins that form a
versatile family of ion channels, the majority of which are calcium permeable and exhibit …

Cannabinoid pharmacology in cancer research: A new hope for cancer patients?

FA Javid, RM Phillips, S Afshinjavid, R Verde… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cannabinoids have been used for many centuries to ease pain and in the past decade, the
endocannabinoid system has been implicated in a number of pathophysiological conditions …

[HTML][HTML] The calcium pump plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase 2 (PMCA2) regulates breast cancer cell proliferation and sensitivity to doxorubicin

AA Peters, MJG Milevskiy, WC Lee, MC Curry… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Regulation of Ca2+ transport is vital in physiological processes, including lactation,
proliferation and apoptosis. The plasmalemmal Ca2+ pump isoform 2 (PMCA2) a calcium …

Transient receptor potential melastatin 8 channel (TRPM8) modulation: cool entryway for treating pain and cancer

MJ Pérez de Vega, I Gómez-Monterrey… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
TRPM8 ion channels, the primary cold sensors in humans, are activated by innocuous
cooling (< 28° C) and cooling compounds (menthol, icilin) and are implicated in sensing …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of novel biomarkers for prostate cancer progression by the combination of bioinformatics, clinical and functional studies

S Alinezhad, RM Väänänen, J Mattsson, Y Li… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The identification and validation of biomarkers for clinical applications remains an important
issue for improving diagnostics and therapy in many diseases, including prostate cancer …

Recent advances in therapeutic strategies that focus on the regulation of ion channel expression

S Ohya, H Kito, N Hatano, K Muraki - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
A number of different ion channel types are involved in cell signaling networks, and
homeostatic regulatory mechanisms contribute to the control of ion channel expression …

TRPM4 protein expression in prostate cancer: a novel tissue biomarker associated with risk of biochemical recurrence following radical prostatectomy

KD Berg, D Soldini, M Jung, D Dietrich, C Stephan… - Virchows Archiv, 2016 - Springer
Background Transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily M, member 4 (TRPM4)
messenger RNA (mRNA) has been shown to be upregulated in prostate cancer (PCa) and …

[HTML][HTML] TRPM8 puts the chill on prostate cancer

GP Grolez, D Gkika - Pharmaceuticals, 2016 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers in developed
countries. Several studies suggest that variations in calcium homeostasis are involved in …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting of short TRPM8 isoforms induces 4TM-TRPM8-dependent apoptosis in prostate cancer cells

G Bidaux, AS Borowiec, C Dubois, P Delcourt… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since its cloning a decade ago, TRPM8 channel has emerged as a promising prognostic
marker and a putative therapeutic target in prostate cancer (PCa). However, recent studies …

KIBRA promotes prostate cancer cell proliferation and motility

S Stauffer, X Chen, L Zhang, Y Chen… - The FEBS …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
KIBRA is a regulator of the Hippo‐yes‐associated protein (YAP) pathway, which plays a
critical role in tumorigenesis. In the present study, we show that KIBRA is a positive regulator …