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 …

A pan-cancer-bioinformatic-based literature review of TRPM7 in cancers

H Liu, JP Dilger, J Lin - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
TRPM7, a divalent cation-selective channel with kinase domains, has been widely reported
to potentially affect cancers. In this study, we conducted multiple bioinformatic analyses …

Effects of local anesthetics on cancer cells

H Liu, JP Dilger, J Lin - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Local anesthetics are widely used during clinical cancer surgeries. Studies have suggested
that the use and the type of anesthesia affect cancer outcomes. In vivo studies and clinical …

Lidocaine suppresses viability and migration of human breast cancer cells: TRPM7 as a target for some breast cancer cell lines

H Liu, JP Dilger, J Lin - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The local anesthetic lidocaine suppresses some cancer cell lines but the
mechanism is unclear. Melastatin-like transient receptor potential 7 (TRPM7) ion channels …

Ginsenoside Rd ameliorates high glucose-induced retinal endothelial injury through AMPK-STRT1 interdependence

K Tang, W Qin, R Wei, Y Jiang, L Fan, Z Wang… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) manifests as a complicated and blinding complication in diabetes
mellitus. First-line treatments for advanced DR have shown ocular side-effects in some …

TRPM7 silencing modulates glucose metabolic reprogramming to inhibit the growth of ovarian cancer by enhancing AMPK activation to promote HIF-1α degradation

Y Chen, L Liu, L Xia, N Wu, Y Wang, H Li… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Background Tumor cell metabolic reprogramming is crucial for the malignant behavior of
cancer cells by promoting their proliferation. However, little is known on how transient …

[HTML][HTML] Carvacrol affects breast cancer cells through TRPM7 mediated cell cycle regulation

L Li, L He, Y Wu, Y Zhang - Life sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
As the most prevalent cancer for females, breast cancer is also the second most popular
cancer type overall. More efforts are needed to research new drugs and combination …

Genetic expression in cancer research: Challenges and complexity

H Liu, Z Guo, P Wang - Gene Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer research is profoundly influenced by the complex interplay of gene expression, yet
conventional studies often emphasize genes with high expression levels, potentially …

Epigenetic modifications and metabolic memory in diabetic retinopathy: beyond the surface

DD Liu, CY Zhang, JT Zhang, LM Gu… - Neural Regeneration …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Epigenetics focuses on DNA methylation, histone modification, chromatin remodeling,
noncoding RNAs, and other gene regulation mechanisms beyond the DNA sequence. In the …

Is the voltage-gated sodium channel β3 subunit (SCN3B) a biomarker for glioma?

H Liu, J Weng, CLH Huang, AP Jackson - Functional & integrative …, 2024 - Springer
Recent studies suggest a need for reliable biomarkers enhancing prognosis prediction and
treatment strategies in cancer. Here, we performed a data analysis bearing on the …