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题目:: Is cancer triggered by altered signalling of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors?
作者:: Schuller(Hildegard M)
状态:: 发布时间2009-02-24 , 更新时间 2015-03-30
期刊:: Nat Rev Cancer
摘要:: Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are the central regulators of stimulatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters that control the synthesis and release of growth, angiogenic and neurotrophic factors in cancer cells, the cancer microenvironment and distant organs. Data discussed in this Review suggests that smoking and possibly other environmental and lifestyle factors increase the function of nAChRs that stimulate cancer cells and reduce the function of nAChRs that inhibit cancer cells. This novel paradigm necessitates the development of marker-guided cancer intervention strategies that aim to restore the balance between nAChR-mediated stimulatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters and their downstream effectors.
语言:: eng
DOI:: 10.1038/nrc2590

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