Everything You Always Wanted to Know about β3-AR * (* But Were Afraid to Ask)

G Schena, MJ Caplan - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The beta-3 adrenergic receptor (β3-AR) is by far the least studied isotype of the beta-
adrenergic sub-family. Despite its study being long hampered by the lack of suitable animal …

Pathogenesis of infantile haemangioma

S Greenberger, J Bischoff - British Journal of Dermatology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Haemangioma is a vascular tumour of infancy that is well known for its rapid growth during
the first weeks to months of a child's life, followed by a spontaneous but slow involution …

The use of propranolol in the treatment of infantile haemangiomas: an update on potential mechanisms of action

Y Ji, S Chen, C Xu, L Li, B Xiang - British Journal of Dermatology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Currently, propranolol is the preferred treatment for problematic proliferating infantile
haemangiomas (IHs). The rapid action of propranolol has been shown to be especially …

Effective management of advanced angiosarcoma by the synergistic combination of propranolol and vinblastine-based metronomic chemotherapy: a bench to bedside …

E Pasquier, N André, J Street, A Chougule, B Rekhi… - …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Angiosarcomas are rare malignant tumors of vascular origin that represent a
genuine therapeutic challenge. Recently, the combination of metronomic chemotherapy and …

[HTML][HTML] Beta-adrenergic receptors are expressed across diverse cancers

SL Rains, CN Amaya, BA Bryan - Oncoscience, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Based largely on retrospective analyses and a handful of prospective case reports,
pharmacological inhibition of the beta adrenergic receptors using beta blockers has shown …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in the treatment of infantile hemangioma

ZY Chen, QN Wang, YH Zhu, LY Zhou… - Annals of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Infantile hemangioma (IH) is a common benign tumor, which mostly resolves spontaneously;
however, children with high-risk IH need treatment. Currently, the recognized first-line …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO)—Propranolol as an anti-cancer agent

P Pantziarka, G Bouche, V Sukhatme… - …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Propranolol (PRO) is a well-known and widely used non-selective beta-adrenergic receptor
antagonist (beta-blocker), with a range of actions which are of interest in an oncological …

[HTML][HTML] Norepinephrine promotes tumor microenvironment reactivity through β3-adrenoreceptors during melanoma progression

M Calvani, F Pelon, G Comito, ML Taddei, S Moretti… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Stress has an emerging role in cancer and targeting stress-related β-adrenergic receptors
(AR) has been proposed as a potential therapeutic approach in melanoma. Here we report …

Signaling pathways in the development of infantile hemangioma

Y Ji, S Chen, K Li, L Li, C Xu, B Xiang - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2014 - Springer
Infantile hemangioma (IH), which is the most common tumor in infants, is a benign vascular
neoplasm resulting from the abnormal proliferation of endothelial cells and pericytes. For …

Targeting of beta adrenergic receptors results in therapeutic efficacy against models of hemangioendothelioma and angiosarcoma

JM Stiles, C Amaya, S Rains, D Diaz, R Pham… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Therapeutic targeting of the beta-adrenergic receptors has recently shown remarkable
efficacy in the treatment of benign vascular tumors such as infantile hemangiomas. As …