Rafting down the metastatic cascade: the role of lipid rafts in cancer metastasis, cell death, and clinical outcomes

JD Greenlee, T Subramanian, K Liu, MR King - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Lipid rafts are tightly packed, cholesterol-and sphingolipid-enriched microdomains within the
plasma membrane that play important roles in many pathophysiologic processes. Rafts have …

Lipid rafts as signaling hubs in cancer cell survival/death and invasion: implications in tumor progression and therapy: thematic review series: biology of lipid rafts

F Mollinedo, C Gajate - Journal of lipid research, 2020 - ASBMB
Cholesterol/sphingolipid-rich membrane domains, known as lipid rafts or membrane rafts,
play a critical role in the compartmentalization of signaling pathways. Physical segregation …

TRPM channels in human diseases

I Jimenez, Y Prado, F Marchant, C Otero, F Eltit… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The transient receptor potential melastatin (TRPM) subfamily belongs to the TRP cation
channels family. Since the first cloning of TRPM1 in 1989, tremendous progress has been …

Endocrine disruptors and prostate cancer

M Corti, S Lorenzetti, A Ubaldi, R Zilli… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The role of endocrine disruptors (EDs) in the human prostate gland is an overlooked issue
even though the prostate is essential for male fertility. From experimental models, it is known …

TRP channels in brain tumors

G Chinigò, H Castel, O Chever, D Gkika - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Malignant glioma including glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common group of primary brain
tumors. Despite standard optimized treatment consisting of extensive resection followed by …

Therapeutic potential of TRPM8 antagonists in prostate cancer

M Di Donato, C Ostacolo, P Giovannelli, V Di Sarno… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Transient receptor potential melastatin-8 (TRPM8) represents an emerging target in prostate
cancer, although its mechanism of action remains unclear. Here, we have characterized and …

Intracellular Ca2+ signalling: unexpected new roles for the usual suspect

F Moccia, A Fiorio Pla, D Lim, F Lodola… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cytosolic Ca2+ signals are organized in complex spatial and temporal patterns that underlie
their unique ability to regulate multiple cellular functions. Changes in intracellular Ca2+ …

Targeting the calcium signalling machinery in cancer

JIE Bruce, AD James - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is caused by excessive cell proliferation and a propensity to avoid cell death, while
the spread of cancer is facilitated by enhanced cellular migration, invasion, and …

Therapeutic potential of TRPM8 channels in cancer treatment

SV Ochoa, Z Casas, SL Albarracín… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a multifactorial process associated with changes in signaling pathways leading to
cell cycle variations and gene expression. The transient receptor potential melastatin 8 …

Transient receptor potential cation channels in cancer therapy

G Santoni, F Maggi, MB Morelli, M Santoni… - Medical Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
In mammals, the transient receptor potential (TRP) channels family consists of six different
families, namely TRPC (canonical), TRPV (vanilloid), TRPM (melastatin), TRPML …