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Extracellular ATP: A Feasible Target for Cancer Therapy.
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142 citing papers in PubMed, 244 citations in OpenAlex.
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- ATP is not always pro-inflammatory: rethinking purinergic signalling in cancer and autoimmunity.Purinergic signalling · 2026Review
- Molecular Hybridization of Clinically Relevant P2X7 Antagonists.ChemMedChem · 2026Article
- Inflammation, oxidative stress and purinergic signaling in pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs).Purinergic signalling · 2026Review
- Synergistic Oncolytic Effect of HSVtk- and IL-15Rα-Armed Vaccinia Viruses Inducing Systemic Antitumor Immunity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Surface Complex V couples proton gradient across the plasma membrane to ATP production in cancer.Research square · 2026Article
- Surface Complex V couples proton gradient across the plasma membrane to ATP production in cancer.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The ATP-adenosine axis as a driver of tumor-associated macrophage reprogramming in colorectal cancer: mechanistic insights into immune evasion and therapeutic vulnerabilities.Purinergic signalling · 2026Review
- Small Cell Lung Cancer Establishes a Metabolic Autocrine Mechanism Through Active Extracellular ATP Transport.Cancer science · 2026Article
- An affinity reagent-conjugated biotin ligase for amplified cell surface labelling in vitro and in vivo.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Tumor cell death by ferroptosis contributes to an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in syngeneic murine models of cancer.Cancer & metabolism · 2026Article
- Durable disease control following treatment with ALMB-0168, a novel Cx43 hemichannel agonist monoclonal antibody, in femoral osteosarcoma with lung metastases after chemotherapy failure: a case report.Antibody therapeutics · 2026Article
- What Is-and What Is Not-Immunogenic Cell Death? Functional Definitions, Experimental Standards, and Common Pitfalls.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Extracellular Vesicles Associated Metabolites as Intercellular Signalling Mediators in Disease and Therapy.Metabolites · 2026Review
- Abnormal elevated PANX1 expression hampers endometrial decidualization by upregulating extracellular ATP concentration in patients with recurrent implantation failure.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A genome-wide genetic screen reveals the P2Y2-integrin axis as a stabilizer of EGFR mutants in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Science advances · 2026Article
- The role and therapeutic potential of purinergic signaling pathway in metabolic syndrome-related atherosclerosis.Purinergic signalling · 2026Review
- Tumor cell death by ferroptosis contributes to an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in syngeneic murine models of cancer.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is one of the main biochemical components of the tumor microenvironment (TME), where it can promote tumor progression or tumor suppression depending on its concentration and on the specific ecto-nucleotidases and receptors expressed by immune and cancer cells. ATP can be released from cells via both specific and nonspecific pathways. A non-regulated release occurs from dying and damaged cells, whereas active release involves exocytotic granules, plasma membrane-derived microvesicles, specific ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters and membrane channels (connexin hemichannels, pannexin 1 (PANX1), calcium homeostasis modulator 1 (CALHM1), volume-regulated anion channels (VRACs) and maxi-anion channels (MACs)). Extracellular ATP acts at P2 purinergic receptors, among which P2X7R is a key mediator of the final ATP-dependent biological effects. Over the years, P2 receptor- or ecto-nucleotidase-targeting for cancer therapy has been proposed and actively investigated, while comparatively fewer studies have explored the suitability of TME ATP as a target. In this review, we briefly summarize the available evidence suggesting that TME ATP has a central role in determining tumor fate and is, therefore, a suitable target for cancer therapy.
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