The calcium–cancer signalling nexus

GR Monteith, N Prevarskaya… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The calcium signal is a powerful and multifaceted tool by which cells can achieve specific
outcomes. Cellular machinery important in tumour progression is often driven or influenced …

Store operated calcium entry in cell migration and cancer metastasis

AS Hammad, K Machaca - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ca2+ signaling is ubiquitous in eukaryotic cells and modulates many cellular events
including cell migration. Directional cell migration requires the polarization of both signaling …

ORAI2 promotes gastric cancer tumorigenicity and metastasis through PI3K/Akt signaling and MAPK-dependent focal adhesion disassembly

S Wu, M Chen, J Huang, F Zhang, Z Lv, Y Jia, YZ Cui… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
The ubiquitous second messenger Ca2+ has long been recognized as a key regulator in
cell migration. Locally confined Ca2+, in particular, is essential for building front-to-rear …

Long non-coding RNA MALAT1 promotes gastric cancer tumorigenicity and metastasis by regulating vasculogenic mimicry and angiogenesis

Y Li, Z Wu, J Yuan, L Sun, L Lin, N Huang, J Bin, Y Liao… - Cancer letters, 2017 - Elsevier
MALAT1 is an oncogenic long non-coding RNA that has been found to promote the
proliferation of many malignant cell types and non-malignant human umbilical vein …

The calcium-signaling toolkit in cancer: remodeling and targeting

SJ Roberts-Thomson… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2019 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Processes that are important in cancer progression, such as sustained cell growth, invasion
to other organs, and resistance to cell death inducers, have a clear overlap with pathways …

A new mechanism of trastuzumab resistance in gastric cancer: MACC1 promotes the Warburg effect via activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway

J Liu, C Pan, L Guo, M Wu, J Guo, S Peng… - Journal of hematology & …, 2016 - Springer
Background Trastuzumab, a humanized antibody targeting HER2, exhibits remarkable
therapeutic efficacy against HER2-positive gastric cancer. However, recurrent therapeutic …

ORAI Calcium channels: Regulation, function, pharmacology, and therapeutic targets

HN Rubaiy - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The changes in intracellular free calcium (Ca2+) levels are one of the most widely regulators
of cell function; therefore, calcium as a universal intracellular mediator is involved in very …

Activation mechanisms and structural dynamics of STIM proteins

M Sallinger, H Grabmayr, C Humer… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The family of stromal interaction molecules (STIM) includes two widely expressed single‐
pass endoplasmic reticulum (ER) transmembrane proteins and additional splice variants …

[HTML][HTML] Calcium channel blocker nifedipine suppresses colorectal cancer progression and immune escape by preventing NFAT2 nuclear translocation

L Wu, W Lin, Q Liao, H Wang, C Lin, L Tang, W Lian… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
Abnormal activation of calcium channels has been shown to play crucial roles in tumor
occurrence and development. However, the role of inhibitors targeting calcium channels in …

Molecular alterations of cancer cell and tumour microenvironment in metastatic gastric cancer

W Li, JMK Ng, CC Wong, EKW Ng, J Yu - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
The term metastasis is widely used to describe the endpoint of the process by which tumour
cells spread from the primary location to an anatomically distant site. Achieving successful …