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Ion channel expression as promising cancer biomarker

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Lastraioli, Elena, Iorio, Jessica, Arcangeli, Annarosa·2015·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

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Cancer is a disease with marked heterogeneity in both response to therapy and survival. Clinical and histopathological characteristics have long determined prognosis and therapy. The introduction of molecular diagnostics has heralded an explosion in new prognostic factors. Overall, histopathology, immunohistochemistry and molecular biology techniques have described important new prognostic subgroups in the different cancer categories. Ion channels and transporters (ICT) are a new class of membrane proteins which are aberrantly expressed in several types of human cancers. Besides regulating different aspect of cancer cell behavior, ICT can now represent novel cancer biomarkers. A summary of the data obtained so far and relative to breast, prostate, lung, colorectal, esophagus, pancreatic and gastric cancers are reported. Special emphasis is given to those studies aimed at relating specific ICT or a peculiar ICT profile with current diagnostic methods. Overall, we are close to exploit ICTs for diagnostic, prognostic or predictive purposes in cancer. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Membrane channels and transporters in cancers.

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Authors
Lastraioli, E., Iorio, J., & Arcangeli, A.
Affiliations
University of Florence (IT)
Corresponding author
Arcangeli, Annarosa
Venue
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-10
Volume
1848
Issue
10
Pages
2685-2702
ISSN
0005-2736 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1980255492
Cited by
187
References
178
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 1
FWCI
0.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion)
  • INFM-OAR (INFN Catania) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion channel regulation and function
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
Keywords
ion channels, ion transporters, tumor markers, prognostic factors, predictive biomarkers, cancer diagnosis, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer
MeSH terms
Female, Humans, Male, Neoplasms, Organ Specificity, Prognosis, Biomarkers, Tumor, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Chloride Channels, Aquaporins, Calcium Channels, T-Type, Organic Anion Transporters, TRPC Cation Channels, Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels, Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels

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