[HTML][HTML] Targeting extracellular matrix stiffness and mechanotransducers to improve cancer therapy

Y Jiang, H Zhang, J Wang, Y Liu, T Luo… - Journal of hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Cancer microenvironment is critical for tumorigenesis and cancer progression. The
extracellular matrix (ECM) interacts with tumor and stromal cells to promote cancer cells …

[HTML][HTML] TRP (transient receptor potential) ion channel family: Structures, biological functions and therapeutic interventions for diseases

M Zhang, Y Ma, X Ye, N Zhang, L Pan… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are sensors for a variety of cellular and
environmental signals. Mammals express a total of 28 different TRP channel proteins, which …

[HTML][HTML] TRPV4-Rho GTPase complex structures reveal mechanisms of gating and disease

DH Kwon, F Zhang, BA McCray, S Feng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Crosstalk between ion channels and small GTPases is critical during homeostasis and
disease, but little is known about the structural underpinnings of these interactions. TRPV4 is …

[HTML][HTML] TRPV4: a physio and pathophysiologically significant ion channel

T Rosenbaum, M Benítez-Angeles… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels are a family of ion channels whose members
are distributed among all kinds of animals, from invertebrates to vertebrates. The importance …

[HTML][HTML] Hypertensive heart disease: risk factors, complications and mechanisms

SK Masenga, A Kirabo - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Hypertensive heart disease constitutes functional and structural dysfunction and
pathogenesis occurring primarily in the left ventricle, the left atrium and the coronary arteries …

Current and emerging pharmacological targets and treatments of urinary incontinence and related disorders

MC Michel, L Cardozo, CJ Chermansky, F Cruz… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - ASPET
Overactive bladder syndrome with and without urinary incontinence and related conditions,
signs, and disorders such as detrusor overactivity, neurogenic lower urinary tract …

[HTML][HTML] Axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: from common pathogenic mechanisms to emerging treatment opportunities

BA McCray, SS Scherer - Neurotherapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Inherited peripheral neuropathies are a genetically and phenotypically diverse group of
disorders that lead to degeneration of peripheral neurons with resulting sensory and motor …

Gain-of-function mutations of TRPV4 acting in endothelial cells drive blood-CNS barrier breakdown and motor neuron degeneration in mice

JM Sullivan, AM Bagnell, J Alevy, EM Avila… - Science translational …, 2024 - science.org
Blood-CNS barrier disruption is a hallmark of numerous neurological disorders, yet whether
barrier breakdown is sufficient to trigger neurodegenerative disease remains unresolved …

Urgent reconsideration of lung edema as a preventable outcome in COVID-19: inhibition of TRPV4 represents a promising and feasible approach

WM Kuebler, SE Jordt… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Lethality of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the 2020 pandemic, currently still in the
exponentially accelerating phase in most countries, is critically driven by disruption of the …

How to get rid of itching

A Vander Does, T Ju, N Mohsin, D Chopra… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Itch is an unpleasant sensation arising from a variety of dermatologic, neuropathic, systemic,
and psychogenic etiologies. Various itch pathways are implicated according to the …