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ArticleHandbook of experimental pharmacology2021

Potassium Channels in Cancer.

Katrin Ganser, Lukas Klumpp, Helmut Bischof, Robert Lukowski, Franziska Eckert, Stephan M Huber

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Article in Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Katrin GanserDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Lukas KlumppDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Helmut BischofDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Robert LukowskiDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Franziska EckertDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Stephan M HuberDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. stephan.huber@uni-tuebingen.de.
University of Tübingen · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neoplastic transformation is reportedly associated with alterations of the potassium transport across plasma and intracellular membranes. These alterations have been identified as crucial elements of the tumourigenic reprogramming of cells. Potassium channels may contribute to cancer initiation, malignant progression and therapy resistance of tumour cells. The book chapter focusses on (oncogenic) potassium channels frequently upregulated in different tumour entities, upstream and downstream signalling of these channels, their contribution to the maintenance of cancer stemness and the formation of an immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment. In addition, their role in adaptation to tumour hypoxia, metabolic reprogramming, as well as tumour spreading and metastasis is discussed. Finally, we discuss how (oncogenic) potassium channels may confer treatment resistance of tumours against radiation and chemotherapy and thus might be harnessed for new therapy strategies, for instance, by repurposing approved drugs known to target potassium channels.

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NeoplasmsPotassium ChannelsHumansSignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentPotassium ChannelsCancer stem cellsChemotherapyMetabolic reprogrammingMetastasisOncochannelsOncoimmunologyRadiation therapyTumour biologyTumour hypoxia

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PMID33864122
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