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ArticleBiomedicines2023

Electric Fields Regulate In Vitro Surface Phosphatidylserine Exposure of Cancer Cells via a Calcium-Dependent Pathway.

Ahmet Kaynak, Kombo F N'Guessan, Priyankaben H Patel, Jing-Huei Lee, Andrei B Kogan, Daria A Narmoneva, Xiaoyang Qi

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Article in Biomedicines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Tumor-treating fields in cancer therapy: advances of cellular and molecular mechanisms.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmet KaynakDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6551-1125
Kombo F N'GuessanDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
Priyankaben H PatelDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
Jing-Huei LeeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9921-7629
Andrei B KoganDepartment of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
Daria A NarmonevaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
Xiaoyang QiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5363-1760
University of Cincinnati · USUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · US

Funding

LCenter for Clinical and Translational Science and TrainingUL1TR001425 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI HEUBI, JAMES E., KISSELA, BRETT M · 2015 to 2024
$37.5M
Acidic Phospholipid-Selective Treatment for NeuroblastomaR01CA158372 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI QI, XIAOYANG · 2011 to 2015
$1.6M
Intravenous Enzyme Replacement Therapy for CNS DisordersR21NS095047 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI QI, XIAOYANG · 2015 to 2016
$447k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001425NCI NIH HHS R01 CA158372NIH HHS 2UL1TR001425-05A1NIH HHS R01-CA158372NIH HHS R21NS095047NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS095047Pancreatic Cancer Action Network 20-65-QIXI
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide after heart disease. The current treatment options to fight cancer are limited, and there is a critical need for better treatment strategies. During the last several decades, several electric field (EF)-based approaches for anti-cancer therapies have been introduced, such as electroporation and tumor-treating fields; still, they are far from optimal due to their invasive nature, limited efficacy and significant side effects. In this study, we developed a non-contact EF stimulation system to investigate the in vitro effects of a novel EF modality on cancer biomarkers in normal (human astrocytes, human pancreatic ductal epithelial -HDPE-cells) and cancer cell lines (glioblastoma U87-GBM, human pancreatic cancer cfPac-1, and MiaPaCa-2). Our results demonstrate that this EF modality can successfully modulate an important cancer cell biomarker-cell surface phosphatidylserine (PS). Our results further suggest that moderate, but not low, amplitude EF induces p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), actin polymerization, and cell cycle arrest in cancer cell lines. Based on our results, we propose a mechanism for EF-mediated PS exposure in cancer cells, where the magnitude of induced EF on the cell surface can differentially regulate intracellular calcium (Ca

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calcium modulationcancer biomarkerelectric fieldenhanced cancer therapyp38 MAPK-actin pathwaysurface phosphatidylserine exposure

Identifiers

PMID36831002
PMCPMC9953458
OpenAlexW4319297886

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