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ArticleCancers2019

Calcium Regulates HCC Proliferation as well as EGFR Recycling/Degradation and Could Be a New Therapeutic Target in HCC.

Teresa Maria Elisa Modica, Francesco Dituri, Serena Mancarella, Claudio Pisano, Isabel Fabregat, Gianluigi Giannelli

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Article in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Teresa Maria Elisa ModicaDepartment of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy. modica.elisa@libero.it.
Francesco DituriIRCCS Saverio De Bellis Castellana Grotte, 70013 Bari, Italy. francesco.dituri@irccsdebellis.it.
Serena MancarellaIRCCS Saverio De Bellis Castellana Grotte, 70013 Bari, Italy. serena.mancarella@irccsdebellis.it.ORCID 0000-0003-2692-1169
Claudio PisanoBiogem S.C.A.R.L., 83031 Ariano Irpino (AV), Italy. claudio.pisano@biogem.it.
Isabel FabregatBellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) L'Hospitalet, 08907 Barcelona, Spain. ifabregat@idibell.cat.
Gianluigi GiannelliIRCCS Saverio De Bellis Castellana Grotte, 70013 Bari, Italy. gianluigi.giannelli@irccsdebellis.it.
Gastroenterology Hospital "Saverio de Bellis" · ITBiogem · ITInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ES

Funding

Ministero della Salute ricerca corrente 2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calcium is the most abundant element in the human body. Its role is essential in physiological and biochemical processes such as signal transduction from outside to inside the cell between the cells of an organ, as well as the release of neurotransmitters from neurons, muscle contraction, fertilization, bone building, and blood clotting. As a result, intra- and extracellular calcium levels are tightly regulated by the body. The liver is the most specialized organ of the body, as its functions, carried out by hepatocytes, are strongly governed by calcium ions. In this work, we analyze the role of calcium in human hepatoma (HCC) cell lines harboring a wild type form of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR), particularly its role in proliferation and in EGFR downmodulation. Our results highlight that calcium is involved in the proliferative capability of HCC cells, as its subtraction is responsible for EGFR degradation by proteasome machinery and, as a consequence, for EGFR intracellular signaling downregulation. However, calcium-regulated EGFR signaling is cell line-dependent. In cells responding weakly to the epidermal growth factor (EGF), calcium seems to have an opposite effect on EGFR internalization/degradation mechanisms. These results suggest that besides EGFR, calcium could be a new therapeutic target in HCC.

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AZD9291BAPTA_AMcalcium ionsEGFR degradationHCC

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PMID31635301
PMCPMC6826902
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