Ion channels in cancer: are cancer hallmarks oncochannelopathies?

N Prevarskaya, R Skryma, Y Shuba - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Genomic instability is a primary cause and fundamental feature of human cancer. However,
all cancer cell genotypes generally translate into several common pathophysiological …

Triple negative breast cancer: emerging therapeutic modalities and novel combination therapies

A Lee, MBA Djamgoz - Cancer treatment reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a complex and aggressive subtype of breast cancer
which lacks oestrogen receptors, progesterone receptors and HER2 amplification, thereby …

[HTML][HTML] ChatGPT and the rise of generative AI: Threat to academic integrity?

DO Eke - Journal of Responsible Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of OpenAI's ChatGPT has put intense spotlight on Generative AI (Gen-AI)
systems and their possible impacts on Academic integrity. This paper provides an overview …

Repurposing of drugs: An attractive pharmacological strategy for cancer therapeutics

A Kirtonia, K Gala, SG Fernandes, G Pandya… - Seminars in cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human malignancies are one of the major health-related issues though out the world and
anticipated to rise in the future. The development of novel drugs/agents requires a huge …

Cancer as a channelopathy: ion channels and pumps in tumor development and progression

A Litan, SA Langhans - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Increasing evidence suggests that ion channels and pumps not only regulate membrane
potential, ion homeostasis, and electric signaling in excitable cells but also play important …

Overview of the oncogenic signaling pathways in colorectal cancer: Mechanistic insights

AA Farooqi, M De La Roche, MBA Djamgoz… - Seminars in cancer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer is a multifaceted disease which is therapeutically challenging. Based on
insights gleaned from almost a quarter century of research, it is obvious that deregulation of …

Voltage-gated sodium channels in cancers

H Liu, J Weng, CLH Huang, AP Jackson - Biomarker Research, 2024 - Springer
Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) initiate action potentials in electrically excitable
cells and tissues. Surprisingly, some VGSC genes are aberrantly expressed in a variety of …

Sodium homeostasis in the tumour microenvironment

TK Leslie, AD James, F Zaccagna, JT Grist… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
The concentration of sodium ions (Na+) is raised in solid tumours and can be measured at
the cellular, tissue and patient levels. At the cellular level, the Na+ gradient across the …

In vivo evidence for voltage-gated sodium channel expression in carcinomas and potentiation of metastasis

MBA Djamgoz, SP Fraser, WJ Brackenbury - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
A wide body of evidence suggests that voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are
expressed de novo in several human carcinomas where channel activity promotes a variety …

SCN5A channelopathy: arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, epilepsy and beyond

CA Remme - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Influx of sodium ions through voltage-gated sodium channels in cardiomyocytes is essential
for proper electrical conduction within the heart. Both acquired conditions associated with …