Targeting cancer stem‐like cells in glioblastoma and colorectal cancer through metabolic pathways

UD Kahlert, SM Mooney, M Natsumeda… - … Journal of Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer stem‐like cells (CSCs) are thought to be the main cause of tumor occurrence,
progression and therapeutic resistance. Strong research efforts in the last decade have led …

Glycine neurotransmission: Its role in development

R Salceda - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The accurate function of the central nervous system (CNS) depends of the consonance of
multiple genetic programs and external signals during the ontogenesis. A variety of …

Antibiotics treatment promotes vasculogenesis in the brain of glioma-bearing mice

M Rosito, J Maqbool, A Reccagni, O Giampaoli… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
In recent years, several studies described the close relationship between the composition of
gut microbiota and brain functions, highlighting the importance of gut-derived metabolites in …

The effect of nanoparticle size and NLS density on nuclear targeting in cancer and normal cells; impaired nuclear import and aberrant nanoparticle intracellular …

SN Tammam, HME Azzazy, A Lamprecht - Journal of Controlled Release, 2017 - Elsevier
The cell nucleus is an interesting target in many diseases with particular interest in cancer.
Previously, nuclear targeted small and large chitosan nanoparticles (S-NPs≈ 25 nm, and L …

Presence of ethanol‐sensitive glycine receptors in medium spiny neurons in the mouse nucleus accumbens

B Förstera, B Muñoz, MK Lobo… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Key points The nucleus accumbens (nAc) is involved in addiction‐related behaviour caused
by several drugs of abuse, including alcohol. Glycine receptors (GlyRs) are potentiated by …

Modulation of glycine receptor single-channel conductance by intracellular phosphorylation

G Moraga-Cid, VP San Martín, CO Lara, B Muñoz… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Glycine receptors (GlyRs) are anion-permeable pentameric ligand-gated ion channels
(pLGICs). The GlyR activation is critical for the control of key neurophysiological functions …

The intracellular loop of the glycine receptor: it's not all about the size

G Langlhofer, C Villmann - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The family of Cys-loop receptors (CLRs) shares a high degree of homology and sequence
identity. The overall structural elements are highly conserved with a large extracellular …

RNA editing—systemic relevance and clue to disease mechanisms?

JC Meier, S Kankowski, H Krestel… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Recent advances in sequencing technologies led to the identification of a plethora of
different genes and several hundreds of amino acid recoding edited positions. Changes in …

A novel RNA editing sensor tool and a specific agonist determine neuronal protein expression of RNA-edited glycine receptors and identify a genomic APOBEC1 …

S Kankowski, B Förstera, A Winkelmann… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
C-to-U RNA editing of glycine receptors (GlyR) can play an important role in disease
progression of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) as it may contribute in a neuron type-specific …

Hetero-pentamerization determines mobility and conductance of Glycine receptor α3 splice variants

V Lemmens, B Thevelein, Y Vella, S Kankowski… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Glycine receptors (GlyRs) are ligand-gated pentameric chloride channels in the central
nervous system. GlyR-α3 is a possible target for chronic pain treatment and temporal lobe …