Publications

The research supported by PCRF is peer-reviewed and routinely published in international scientific and medical journals. A full list can be seen here.

PCRF-supported Research Zublications

Fraser SP, Hemsley F & Djamgoz MBA (2016). Caffeic acid phenethyl ester: Inhibition of metastatic cell behaviours via voltage-gated sodium channel in human breast cancer in vitro. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2016 Feb;71:111-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2015.12.012. Epub 2015 Dec 25.

Bugan I, Karagoz Z, Altun S & Djamgoz MBA (2015). Gabapentin, an analgesic used against cancer-associated neuropathic pain: Effects on prostate cancer progression in an in vivo rat model. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. Sep 3. doi: 10.1111/bcpt.12484.

Djamgoz MBA (2015). Blood pressure and risk of cancer progression – A possible connection with salt and voltage-gated sodium channel. Med Hypotheses. Jul 26. pii: S0306-9877(15)00285-6.

Fraser SP, Foo I & Djamgoz MBA (2014). Local anaesthetic use in cancer surgery and disease recurrence: Role of voltage-gated sodium channels? Br J Anaesthesia 113(6):899-902.

Fraser SP, Peters A, Fleming-Jones S, Mukhey D & Djamgoz MBA (2014). Resveratrol: Inhibitory effects on metastatic cell behaviours and voltage-gated Na+ channel activity in rat prostate cancer in vitro. Nutrition & Cancer. 66(6):1047-58.

Fraser SP, I Ozerlat-Gunduz, WJ Brackenbury, EM Fitzgerald, TM Campbell, RC Coombes & MBA Djamgoz (2014) Regulation of voltage-gated sodium channel expression in cancer: hormones,

growth factors and auto-regulation. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2014 Feb 3;369(1638):20130105.

Djamgoz MB, Coombes RC, Schwab A (2014) Ion transport and cancer: from initiation to metastasis. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2014 Feb 3;369(1638):20130092215.

Djamgoz MBA (2014) Biophysics of cancer: Cellular excitability (“CELEX”) hypothesis of metastasis. J Clin Exptl Oncol. 2014; 2014, S1 (http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2324-9110.S1-005).

Lee SK, Dawson J, Lee JA, Osman G, Levitin M, Guzel RM & Djamgoz MBA (2014) Management of Cancer Pain:1. Wider implications of orthodox analgesics. J Gen Med. 7:49-58.

Frede J, Fraser SP, Oskay-Ozcelik G, Hong Y, Braicu EI, Sehouli J, Gabra H & Djamgoz MBA (2013). Ovarian cancer: Ion channel and aquaporin expression as novel targets of clinical potential. Eu J Cancer, 49:2331-44.

Djamgoz MBA & Onkal R (2013) Persistent current blockers of voltage-gated sodium channels: A clinical opportunity for controlling metastatic disease. Recent Patents Antican Drug Disc. 8:66-84.

Yildirim S, Altun S, Gumushan H, Patel A & Djamgoz MBA (2012). Voltage-gated sodium channel activity promotes prostate cancer metastasis in vivo. Cancer Lett., 323:58-61.

Batcioglu K, Uyumlu AB, Satilmis B, Yildirim B, Yucel N, Demirtas H, Onkal R, Guzel RM & Djamgoz MBA (2012). Oxidative stress in the in vivo DMBA rat model of breast cancer: Suppression by a voltage-gated sodium channel inhibitor (RS100642). Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol., 111:137-41.

Andrikopoulos P, Baba A, Matsuda T, Djamgoz MBA, Yaqoob MM & Eccles SA (2011). Ca2+ influx through reverse mode Na+/Ca2+ exchange is critical for vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 activation and angiogenic functions of human endothelial cells. J Biol Chem., 286: 37919-31

Bee A, Brewer D, Beesley C, Dodson A, Forootan S, Dickinson T, Gerard P, Lane B, Yao S, Cooper CS, Djamgoz MB, Gosden CM, Ke Y & Foster CS (2011). siRNA knockdown of ribosomal protein gene RPL19 abrogates the aggressive phenotype of human prostate cancer. PLoS One, 6(7):e22672.

Andrikopoulos P, Fraser SP, Patterson L, Ahmad Z, Burcu H, Ottaviani D, Diss JK, Box C, Eccles SA & Djamgoz MBA (2011). Angiogenic functions of voltage-gated Na+ channels in human endothelial cells: modulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signalling. J Biol Chem., 286:16846-60.

Yao S, Bee A, Brewer D, Dodson A, Beesley C, Ke Y, Ambroisine L, Fisher G, Møller H, Dickinson T, Gerard P, Lian L-Y, Risk J, Lane B, Smith P, Reuter V, Berney D, Gosden C, Scardino P, Cuzick J, Djamgoz MBA, Cooper C & Foster CS (2010). PRKC-ζ expression promotes the aggressive phenotype of human prostate cancer cells and is a novel target for therapeutic intervention. Genes & Cancer, 1: 444-464.

Mazurek MP, Prasad PD, Gopal E, Fraser SP, Bolt L, Rizaner N, Palmer CP, Foster CS, Palmieri F, Ganapathy V, Stühmer W, Djamgoz MBA & Mycielska ME (2010). Molecular origin of plasma membrane citrate transporter in human prostate epithelial cells. EMBO Rep., 11: 431-7.

Fraser SP, Ozerlat-Gunduz I, Onkal R, Diss JK, Latchman DS & Djamgoz MBA (2010). Estrogen and non-genomic upregulation of voltage-gated Na(+) channel activity in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells: role in adhesion. J Cell Physiol., 224: 527-39.

Chioni AM, Shao D, Grose R & Djamgoz MBA (2010). Protein kinase A and regulation of neonatal Nav1.5 expression in human breast cancer cells: Activity-dependent positive feedback and cellular migration. Int J Biochem Cell Biol., 42:346-58.

Onkal R & Djamgoz MBA (2009). Molecular pharmacology of voltage-gated sodium channel expression in metastatic disease: Clinical potential of neonatal Nav1.5 in breast cancer. Eur J Pharmacol., 625: 206-219.

Aydar E, Yeo S, Djamgoz MBA & Palmer C (2009). Abnormal expression, localization and interaction of canonical transient receptor potential ion channels in human breast cancer cell lines and tissues: a potential target for breast cancer diagnosis and therapy. Cancer Cell Int., 18: 9:23.

Krasowska M, Grzywna ZJ, Mycielska ME & Djamgoz MBA (2009). Fractal analysis and ionic dependence of endocytotic membrane activity of human breast cancer cells. Eur Biophys J. 38: 1115-1125.

Shao D, Okuse K & Djamgoz MBA (2009). Protein-protein interactions involving voltage-gated sodium channels: Post-translational regulation, intracellular trafficking and functional expression. Int J Biochem Cell Biol., 41: 1471-1481.

Yildirim S, Fraser SP, Diss JKJ, Altun S, Patel A & Djamgoz MBA (2009). Pathobiology of prostate cancer: Voltage-gated sodium channel expression and metastatic potential. IUFS J Biol., 68: 1-17.

Chioni AM, Brackenbury WJ, Calhoun JD, Isom LI & Djamgoz MBA (2009). A novel adhesion molecule in human breast cancer cells: Voltage-gated Na+ channel β1 subunit. Int J Biochem Cell Biol., 41: 1216-1227.

Mycielska ME, Patel E, Rizaner N, Mazurek MP, Keun H, Patel A, Ganapathy V & Djamgoz MBA (2009) Citrate transport and metabolism in mammalian cells: prostate epithelial cells and prostate cancer. BioEssays, 31: 20-30.

Pan H & Djamgoz MBA (2008). Biochemical constitution of extracellular medium is critical for control of human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cell motility. J Membrane Biol, 223: 27-36.

Borys P, Krasowska M, Grzywna ZJ, Djamgoz MBA & Mycielska ME (2008). Lacunarity as a novel measure of cancer cells behaviour. Biosystems, 94: 276-281.

Onkal R, Djamgoz MBA & Ou SW (2008) Electrophysiological and developmental implications of Na+ channel-splice variants (Letter to the Editor). J. Neurogenetics, 22: 1–5.

Brackenbury WJ, Djamgoz MBA & Isom LL (2008). An emerging role for voltage-gated Na+ channels in cellular migration: Regulation of central nervous system development and potentiation of invasive cancers. The Neuroscientist, 14: 571-583.

Onkal R, Mattis JH, Fraser SP, Diss JKJ, Shao D, Okuse K & Djamgoz MBA (2008). Alternative splicing of Nav1.5: An electrophysiological comparison of ‘neonatal’ and ‘adult’ isoforms, and critical involvement of a lysine residue. J Cell Physiol. 216: 716-726.

Diss JK, Fraser SP, Walker MM, Patel A, Latchman DS & Djamgoz MBA (2008). Beta-subunits of voltage-gated sodium channels in human prostate cancer: quantitative in vitro and in vivo analyses of mRNA expression. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 11: 325-333.

Kaya H, Bozkurt SU, Erbarut I & Djamgoz MBA (2008). Apocrine carcinomas of the breast in Turkish women: Hormone receptors, c-erbB-2 and p53 immunoexpression. Pathol Res Pract. 204: 367-371.

Hinçal E, Taneri B, Taneri U, Djamgoz MBA (2008). Cancer incidence in North Cyprus (1990-2004) relative to European rates. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev., 9:725-32.

Diss JKJ, Calissano M, Gascoyne D, Djamgoz MBA & Latchman, DS (2008). Identification and characterization of the promoter region of the Nav1.7 sodium channel gene (SCN9A). Cellular Molecular Neuroscience 37: 537-547.

Ding Y, Brackenbury WJ, Onganer PU, Montano X, Porter LM, Bates LF & Djamgoz MBA (2008). Epidermal growth factor upregulates motility of Mat-LyLu rat prostate cancer cells partially via voltage-gated Na+ channel activity. J Cell Physiol. 215: 77-81.

Palmer CP, Mycielska ME, Burcu H, Osman K, Collins T, Beckerman R, Perrett R, Johnson H, Aydar E, Djamgoz MBA (2008). Single cell adhesion measuring apparatus (SCAMA): application to cancer cell lines of different metastatic potential and voltage-gated Na+ channel expression. Eur Biophys J. 37: 359-368.

Uysal Onganer P & Djamgoz MBA (2007). Epidermal growth factor potentiates in vitro metastatic behaviour of human prostate cancer PC-3M cells: Involvement of voltage-gated sodium channel. Molec Cancer 6: 76.

Djamgoz MBA (2007) Oncofoetal ion channels may present new targets for anti-cancer agents. Pharmacy in Practice 17: 60-64.

Palmer CP, Mahen R, Schnell E, Djamgoz MBA & Aydar E. (2007). Sigma-1 receptors bind cholesterol and remodel lipid rafts in breast cancer cell lines. Cancer Res. 67: 11166-11175.

Brackenbury WJ, Chioni A-M, Diss JKJ & Djamgoz MBA (2007). The neonatal splice variant of Nav1.5 potentiates in vitro invasive behaviour of MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells. Breast Cancer Res Treat 101: 149-160.

Brackenbury WJ & Djamgoz MBA (2007). Nerve growth factor enhances voltage-gated Na+ channel activity and transwell migration in mat-LyLu rat prostate cancer cell line. J Cell Physiol 210: 602-608.

Isbilen B, Fraser SP & Djamgoz MBA (2006). Docosahahexaenoic acid (omega-3) blocks voltage-gated sodium channel activity and migration of MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 38: 2173-2182.

Aydar E, Onganer PU, Perrett R, Djamgoz MBA & Palmer CP (2006). The expression and functional characterization of sigma (sigma) 1 receptors in breast cancer cell lines. Cancer Lett 242: 245-257.

Scorey N, Fraser SP, Patel P, Pridgeon C, Dallman MJ & Djamgoz MBA (2006). Notch signalling and voltage-gated Na+ channel activity in human prostate cancer cells: Independent modulation of in vitro motility. Prostate Cancer & Prostatic Diseases 9: 399-406.

Djamgoz MBA & Isbilen B (2006). Dietary compounds as anti-cancer agents: A preliminary evaluation of ion channels and membrane excitability as possible target mechanisms. Turk J Biochem 31 : 57-68.

Mycielska ME, Broke-Smith TP, Palmer CP, Beckerman R, Nastos T, Erguler K & Djamgoz MBA (2006). Citrate enhances in vitro metastatic behaviours of PC-3M human prostate cancer cells: Status of endogenous citrate and dependence on aconitase and fatty acid synthase. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 38 : 1766-1777.

Brackenbury WJ & Djamgoz MBA (2006). Activity-dependent regulation of voltage-gated Na+ channel expression in Mat-LyLu rat prostate cancer cell line. J Physiol. 573 : 343-356.

Onganer PU, Djamgoz MBA, Whyte, K & Greenfield SA (2006). An acetylcholinesterase-derived peptide inhibits endocytic membrane activity in a human metastatic breast cancer cell line. Biochim Biophys Acta 1760: 415-420.

Diss JKJ, Faulkes DU, Walker MM, Patel A, Foster CS, Budhram-Mahadeo V, Djamgoz MBA & Latchman DS (2006). Brn-3a neuronal transcription factor functional expression in human prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer & Prostatic Diseases, 9 : 83-91.

Ding Y, Robbins J, Fraser SP, Grimes,JA & Djamgoz MBA (2006). Comparative studies of intracellular Ca2+ in strongly and weakly metastatic rat prostate cancer cell lines. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 38 : 366-375.

Williams EL & Djamgoz MBA (2005). Nitric oxide and metastatic cell behaviour. BioEssays 27 : 1228-1238.

Onganer PU, Seckl MJ & Djamgoz MBA (2005). Neuronal characteristics of small-cell lung cancer. Br J Cancer, 93 : 1197-1201.

Fraser SP, Diss JKJ, Chioni A-M, Mycielska ME, Pan H, Yamaci R, Pani F, Siwy Z, Krasowska M, Grzywna Z, Brackenbury WJ, Theodorou D, Koyutürk M, Kaya H, Battaloglu E, De Bella MT, Slade MJ, Tolhurst R, Palmieri C, Jiang J, Latchman DS, Coombes RC & Djamgoz MBA. Voltage-gated sodium channel expression and potentiation of human breast cancer metastasis. Clin Cancer Res. 11: 5381-5389.

Chioni A-M, Fraser SP, Pani F, Foran P, Wilkin GP, Diss JKJ & Djamgoz MBA (2005). A novel polyclonal antibody specific for the Nav1.5 voltage-gated Na+ channel ‘neonatal’ splice form. J Neurosci Meth. 147 : 88-98.

Mycielska M E, Krasowska M, Grzywna Z. and Djamgoz, M. B. A. (2005). Endogenous and exogenous citrate release and transport in prostatic preparations: Semi-polarized two-dimensional cultures of human PNT2-C2 cells and isolated tubules and segments of rat prostate. The Prostate. 65: 88-99.

Onganer P & Djamgoz MBA (2005). Small-cell lung cancer (human) : Potentiation of endocytic membrane activity by voltage-gated Na+ channel expression in vitro. J Membrane Biol. 204 : 67-75.

Diss JKJ, Stewart D, Pani F, Foster CS, Walker MM, Patel A & Djamgoz MBA (2005). A potential novel marker for human prostate cancer progression: Voltage-gated Na+ channel expression in vivo. Prostate Cancer & Prostatic Diseases. 8 : 266-273.

Mycielska ME, Palmer CP, Brackenbury WJ & Djamgoz MBA (2005). Expression of Na+-dependent citrate transport in strongly metastatic human prostate cancer PC-3M cell line : Regulation by voltage-gated Na+ channel activity. J Physiol. 563 : 393-408.

Mycielska ME & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Citrate transport in the human prostate epithelial PNT2-C2 cell line : Electrophysiological analyses. J Physiol. 559 : 821-833.

Montano X & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Epidermal growth factor, neurotrophins and the metastatic cascade in prostate cancer. FEBS Lttrs. 571 : 1-8.

Aydar E, Palmer C & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Sigma receptors and cancer : Possible involvement of ion channels. Cancer Res. 64 : 5029-5035.

Fraser SP, Diss JKJ, Lloyd LJ, Pani F, Chioni A-M, George AJT & Djamgoz, MBA (2004). T-lymphocyte invasiveness: Control by voltage-gated Na+ channel activity. FEBS Letts. 569 : 191-194.

Mycielska ME & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Cellular mechanisms of direct-current electric field effects: galvanotaxis and metastatic disease. J Cell Sci. 117 : 1631-1639.

Krasowska M, Grzywna ZJ, Mycielska ME & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Patterning of endocytic vesicles and its control by voltage-gated Na+ channel activity in rat prostate cancer cells : Fractal analyses. Eu Biophys J. 33: 535-542.

Diss JKJ, Fraser SP & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Voltage-gated Na+ channels: multiplicity of expression, plasticity, functional implications and pathophyiological aspects. Eu Biophys J. 33 : 180-193.

Ding Y & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Serum concentration modifies amplitude and kinetics of voltage-gated Na+ current in the MAT-LyLu cell line of rat prostate cancer. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 36 : 1249-1260.

Fraser SP, Grimes JA, Diss JKJ, Stewart D, Dolly JO & Djamgoz MBA (2003). Predominant expression of Kv1.3 voltage-gated K+ channel subunit in rat prostate cancer cell lines: Electrophysiological, pharmacological and molecular characterization. Pflugers ArchEur J Physiol 446 : 559-571.

Fraser SP, Salvador V, Manning E, Mizal J, Raza M, Berridge RJ & Djamgoz MBA (2003). Contribution of functional voltage-gated Na+ channel expression to cell behaviours involved in the metastatic cascade in rat prostate cancer. I Lateral motility. J Cell Physiol 195 : 479-487.

Mycielska M, Fraser SP, Szatkowski M & Djamgoz MBA (2003). Contribution of functional voltage-gated Na+ channel expression to cell behaviours involved in the metastatic cascade in rat prostate cancer. II Secretory membrane activity. J Cell Physiol 195 : 461-469.

Mobasheri A, Pestov NB, Papanicolaou S, Kajee R, Cozar-Castellano I, Avila J, Martin-Vasallo P, Foster CS, Modyanov NN, Djamgoz MBA (2003). Expression and cellular localization of Na,K-ATPase isoforms in the rat ventral prostate. BJU Int. 92 : 793-802.

Siwy Z, Mycielska ME & Djamgoz MBA (2003). Statistical and fractal analyses of rat prostate cancer cell motility in direct-current electric field: Comparison of strongly and weakly metastatic cells. European Biophysics Journal 32 : 12-21.

Mycielska ME, Szatkowski M & Djamgoz MBA (2003). Ionic and pharmacological characteristics of epithelial cells in a semi-intact preparation of the rat ventral prostate gland. The Prostate 54 : 156-167.

Djamgoz MBA, Mycielska ME, Madeja Z, Fraser SP & Korohoda W (2001). Directional movement of rat prostate cancer cells in direct-current electric field: Involvement of voltage-gated Na+ channel activity. Journal of Cell Science 114 : 2697-2705.

Diss JKJ, Archer SN, Hirano J, Fraser SP & Djamgoz, MBA (2001). Expression profiles of voltage-gated Na+ channel α-subunit genes in rat and human prostate cancer cell lines. The Prostate 48 : 165-178.

Madeja Z, Miękus K, Sroka J, Djamgoz MBA & Korohoda W (2001). Homotypic cell-cell contact stimulate the motile activity of rat prostate cancer cells. BJU International 88 : 776-786.

Mobasheri A, Oukrif D, Dawodu SP, Sinha M, Greenwell P, Stewart D, Djamgoz MBA, Foster CS, Martin-Vasallo P & Mobasheri R (2001). Isoforms of Na+, K+-ATPase in human prostate; specificity of expression and membrane polarization. Histology & Histopathology 16 : 141-154.

Laniado ME, Fraser SP & Djamgoz MBA (2001). Voltage-gated K+ channel activity in human prostate cancer cell lines of markedly different metastatic potential: Distinguishing characteristics of PC-3 and LNCaP cells. The Prostate 46 : 262-274.

Szatkowski M, Mycielska M, Knowles R, Kho A-L & Djamgoz MBA (2000). Electrophysiological recordings from the rat prostate gland in vitro: identified single-cell and transepithelial (lumen) potentials. BJU International 86 : 1-8.

Fraser SP, Grimes JA & Djamgoz MBA (2000). Effects of voltage-gated ion channel modulators on rat prostatic cancer cell proliferation: comparison of strongly and weakly metastatic cell lines. The Prostate 44 : 61-76.

Mycielska ME, Schäfer M, Fraser SP, Djamgoz MBA (2000). A study of membrane activity in rat prostate cancer cells: an evaluation of the FM1-43 dye technique. Bioscience Reports 20 : 31-40.

Fraser SP, Ding Y, Liu A, Foster CS & Djamgoz MBA (1999). Tetrodotoxin suppresses morphological enhancement of the metastatic MAT-LyLu rat prostate cancer cell line. Cell & Tissue Research 295 : 505-512.

Foster CS, Cornford P, Ke, Y & Djamgoz MBA (1999). The cellular and molecular basis of prostate cancer. British Journal of Urology 83 : 171-194.

Verrall J, Fraser SP & Djamgoz MBA (1999). Effects of gadolinium ions upon rat prostatic cancer cell lines of markedly different metastatic potential. Cancer Letters 145 : 79-83.

Diss JKJ, Stewart D, Fraser SP, Black JA, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman SG, Archer SN & Djamgoz MBA (1998) Expression of skeletal muscle type voltage-gated Na+ channels in rat and human prostate cancer cell lines. FEBS Letters 427 : 5-10.

Smith P, Rhodes NP, Shortland AP, Fraser SP, Djamgoz MBA, Ke Y & Foster CS (1998) Sodium channel protein expression enhances the invasiveness of rat and human prostate cancer cells. FEBS Letters 423 : 19-24.

Grimes JA & Djamgoz MBA (1998) Electrophysiological characterization of voltage-gated Na+ current expressed in the highly metastatic Mat-LyLu cell line of rat prostate cancer. Journal of Cellular Physiology 175 : 50-58.

Laniado, M.E., Lalani, E-N., Fraser, S.P., Grimes, J.A., Banghal, G., Djamgoz, M.B.A. (1997) Expression and functional analysis of voltage-activated Na+ channels in human prostate cancer cell lines and their contribution to invasion in vitro. American Journal of Pathology, 150: 1213-1221.

Grimes, J.A., Fraser, S.P., Stephens, G.J., Downing, J.E.G., Laniado, M.E., Foster, C.S., Abel, P.D. and Djamgoz, M.B.A. (1995) Differential expression of voltage-activated Na+ currents in two prostatic tumour cell lines: contribution to invasiveness in vitro. FEBS Letters 369: 290-294.

Chapters in books

Djamgoz MBA (2011). Bioelectricity of cancer: Voltage-gated ion channels and direct-current electric fields. In The Physiology of Bioelectricity in Development, Tissue Regeneration, and Cancer (Ed C Pullar). Taylor & Francis (London and NY). Pp. 269-294.

McKinlay R, Dassyne J, Djamgoz MBA & Plant J (2011) Agricultural pesticides and chemical fertilisers. In Human health and the Environment – A Risk Based Approach (Eds. Jane A. Plant and Nikolaos Voulvoulis). Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. 181-206.

Foster, CS, Karavana V, Ke Y & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Cellular and molecular mechanisms that modulate prostate cancer metastasis. In Prostate Cancer: New concepts and developments (Ed. FK Habib). Taylor & Francis (London and NY). Pp. 21-47.

Fraser SP, Koyuturk M & Djamgoz MBA (2002). Ion channel activity and cancer cell proliferation: A short review with particular reference to prostate cancer. In Ion Channels and Pathophysiologies of Nerve Conduction and Cell Proliferation (Ed. B Rouzaire-Dubois, E Benoit & JM Dubois). Research Signpost. Pp. 153-172.

Short Communications

Schwab A, Stock C, Swietach P, Hulikova A, Vaughan-Jones R, Pedersen SF, Andersen AD, Hoffmann E, Novak I, Reshkin S, Prevarskaya N, Lemonnier L, A-S B, Arcangeli A, Zanieri F, D’Amico M, Fraser SP, Djamgoz MB, Alves F, Kalthoff H, Pardo L, Stuhmer W (2010) Ion transport proteins control pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Onkologie 33:269-269.

Djamgoz MBA (2009) Biophysical characteristics and clinical potential of ion channel expression in human cancer cells. Eu Biophys J 38 (Suppl 1), S155.

Djamgoz MBA (2008) Voltage-gated sodium channel functional upregulation as an accelerating mechanism in progression of human prostate cancer. Anticancer Res 28: 4156-4157.

Diss JKJ, Barry, SP, Onkal R, Corness J, Mattis JH, Budhram-Mahadeo VS, Fraser SP, Djamgoz MBA & Latchman DS (2008) Developmental alternative splicing of the cardiac Na+ channel, Nav1.5. Proc Physiol Soc 11 C46.

Fraser SP, Ozerlat I, Diss JKJ & Djamgoz MBA (2007) Electrophysiological effects of estrogen on voltage-gated Na+ channels in human breast cancer cells. Eu Biophys J 36 (Suppl): S228.

Onkal R & Djamgoz MBA (2007) Extracellular acidosis modulates electrophysiological activity of ‘neonatal’ Nav1.5 α-subunit. Eu Biophys J 36 (Suppl): S229.

Djamgoz MBA (2006) Functional role of ion channel expression in human cancer cells and clinical potential for metastatic disease. Cell Biochem Funct 2006; 24: 4.

Mattis J, Onkal R, Fraser SP, Diss JKJ & Djamgoz MBA (2006) Splice variants of human Nav1.5 voltage-gated Na+ channel: an electrophysiological comparison. Proc Physiol Soc 3 : PC32.

Ozerlat I, Fraser SP, Diss JKJ & Djamgoz MBA (2006). Estrogen regulation of voltage-gated Na+ channel expression and activity in the human MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line transfected with the α-estrogen receptor. Proc Physiol Soc 3 PC26.

Chioni A-M, Isom L & Djamgoz MBA (2006). Adhesion of human breast cancer cell lines: Role of voltage-gated sodium channel beta-1 subunit. Proc Physiol Soc 3 PC187.

Pan H and Djamgoz MBA (2005). Breast cancer (human): Enhancement of invasiveness by epidermal growth factor via voltage-gated Na+ channel activity in vitro. J Physiol 567P: PC138.

Chioni A and Djamgoz MBA (2005). Auto-regulation of voltage-gated sodium channel protein expression in a strongly metastatic human breast cancer cell line: Functional consequences. J. Physiol. 567P PC139.

Brackenbury WJ, Chioni AM, Djamgoz MBA (2005). Further evidence for the neonatal splice variant of Nav1.5 potentiating in vitro metastatic behaviour of MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells: application of RNAi and a novel antibody. J Physiol 568P : PC17.

Brackenbury WJ & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Protein kinase A regulates functional expression of voltage-gated Na+ channels in the strongly metastatic MAT-LyLu rat prostate cancer cell line. J Physiol. 565P : PC115.

Mycielska ME, Broke-Smith T, Beckerman R, Djamgoz MBA (2004)  Effects of extracellular citrate on adhesion, motility and endocytic membrane activity of normal (PNT2-C2) and strongly metastatic (PC-3M) human prostate epithelial cells lines. J Physiol. 565P : PC114.

Williams EL and Djamgoz MBA (2004) Nitric oxide release from strongly metastatic MAT-LyLu rat prostate cancer cells: Control by voltage-gated sodium channels. J. Physiol. 565P PC116.

Palmer CP, Aydar E & Djamgoz MBA (2004). A microbial TRP-like polycystic kidney disease related ion channel gene: a putative mechanosensitive ion channel gene. J Physiol. 565P PC110.

Mycielska ME, Dye J, Stepien E & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Substrate influences voltage-gated Na+ channel expression in strongly metastatic rat prostate cancer cell line. J Physiol. 557P C85.

Chioni A-M & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Internalised voltage-gated sodium channel protein in human breast cancer cell lines: effects of forskolin on plasma membrane expression and cellular invasiveness. J Physiol 565P PC107.

Onganer PU, Fraser SP, Seckl MJ, Gurses A, Urer N, Cuhadaroglu S & Djamgoz MBA (2004). Functional expression of voltage-gated Na+ channel in human small-cell lung cancer: Control of proliferation in vitro and detection in vivo. J Physiol 565P PC109.

Djamgoz MBA (2004). Prostate cancer : Regulation of voltage-gated sodium channel expression, an accelerating factor in metastasis. Turk J Biochem 29 : 5.

Aydar E, Onganer PU, Perrett R, Djamgoz MBA & Palmer CP (2004). Sigma receptor expression in human carcinoma cell lines of ranging metastatic potential: effects of sigma receptor modulation on functional tests of metastasis performed on breast cancer cell lines. J Physiol 565P PC100

Brackenbury WJ & Djamgoz MBA (2003). Long-term exposure to tetrodotoxin suppresses voltage-gated Na+-channel activity in the strongly metastatic MAT-LyLu rat prostate cancer cell line. J Physiol 552P P102.

Mycielska ME & Djamgoz MBA (2003).  A whole-cell patch clamp study of citrate transport in human prostatic epithelia in vitro. J Physiol 552P : P101.

Fraser SP, Diss JKJ, Coombes RC & Djamgoz MBA (2003). Expression of functional voltage-gated sodium channels in a metastatic cell line of human breast cancer. J Physiol. 549.P : 7-8P.

Fraser SP, Diss JKJ, Mycielska M, Coombes RC & Djamgoz MBA (2002). Voltage-gated sodium channel expression in human breast cancer: Possible functional role in metastasis. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment 76 (Suppl. 1): S142.

Stewart D & Djamgoz MBA. Modulation of voltage-gated Na+ channel expression by its own activity in rat and human prostate cancer cells. Soc Neurosci Abstr.

Stewart D, Mobasheri A & Djamgoz MBA (2001). Tetrodotoxin down-regulates Na+/K+ – ATPase α1 subunit expression in rat prostate cancer cell lines. J Physiol. 531.P: 133-134P.

Djamgoz MBA (2001). Excitability of prostate cancer cells – A new concept in the pathophysiology of metastatic disease. Br J Cancer 85 (suppl. 1): 8.

Mycielska M, Fraser SP, Szatkowski M & Djamgoz MBA (2001). Endocytic membrane activity in rat prostate cancer cell lines: Potentiation by functional voltage-gated sodium channels. J Physiol. 531.P: 81-82P.

Stewart D, Mobasheri A & Djamgoz MBA. (2000) Immuno-characterisation of α1 subunit Na+/K+-ATPase expression in rat prostate cancer cell lines. J Physiol 525.P: 96P.

Papanicolaou S, Kajee R, Martin-Vasallo P, Djamgoz MBA & Mobasheri A. (2000) Isoforms of Na+, K+-ATPase in normal rat prostate; immunohistochemical evidence for expression of α1, β1, β2 and β 3. J Physiol 525.P: 24P.

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