Epithelial-mesenchymal transition process during embryo implantation

F Oghbaei, R Zarezadeh, D Jafari-Gharabaghlou… - Cell and tissue …, 2022 - Springer
The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in endometrial epithelial and trophectoderm
cells is essential for the progression of embryo implantation and its impairment could cause …

pH-channeling in cancer: how pH-dependence of cation channels shapes cancer pathophysiology

Z Pethő, K Najder, T Carvalho, R McMorrow… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tissue acidosis plays a pivotal role in tumor progression: in particular, interstitial acidosis
promotes tumor cell invasion, and is a major contributor to the dysregulation of tumor …

Voltage imaging reveals the dynamic electrical signatures of human breast cancer cells

P Quicke, Y Sun, M Arias-Garcia, M Beykou… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer cells feature a resting membrane potential (V m) that is depolarized compared to
normal cells, and express active ionic conductances, which factor directly in their …

Potassium channel-driven bioelectric signalling regulates metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer

SL Payne, P Ram, DH Srinivasan, TT Le, M Levin… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background There is a critical need to better understand the mechanisms that drive local cell
invasion and metastasis to develop new therapeutics targeting metastatic disease …

Sodium channels and the ionic microenvironment of breast tumours

TK Leslie, WJ Brackenbury - The Journal of Physiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancers of epithelial origin such as breast, prostate, cervical, gastric, colon and lung cancer
account for a large proportion of deaths worldwide. Better treatment of metastasis, the main …

Combinatorial therapy of cancer: possible advantages of involving modulators of ionic mechanisms

MBA Djamgoz - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer, which is a major health problem, is a complex disease. Currently,
the main treatment methods are surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and biological …

Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel NaV1.5 Controls NHE−1−Dependent Invasive Properties in Colon Cancer Cells

O Lopez-Charcas, L Poisson, O Benouna, R Lemoine… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Colorectal cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality that affects
men and women equally. Here, we present the role of voltage-gated sodium channels (NaV) …

Ion channel involvement in tumor drug resistance

C Altamura, P Gavazzo, M Pusch… - Journal of personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over 90% of deaths in cancer patients are attributed to tumor drug resistance. Resistance to
therapeutic agents can be due to an innate property of cancer cells or can be acquired …

Pharmacological and nutritional targeting of voltage-gated sodium channels in the treatment of cancers

O Lopez-Charcas, P Pukkanasut, SE Velu… - IScience, 2021 - cell.com
Voltage-gated sodium (Na V) channels, initially characterized in excitable cells, have been
shown to be aberrantly expressed in non-excitable cancer tissues and cells from epithelial …

The functional role of voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1. 5 in metastatic breast cancer

Q Luo, T Wu, W Wu, G Chen, X Luo, L Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs), which are abnormally expressed in various types
of cancers such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, and cervical cancer, are …