Version 1
: Received: 5 July 2020 / Approved: 6 July 2020 / Online: 6 July 2020 (08:30:05 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 8 October 2020 / Approved: 8 October 2020 / Online: 8 October 2020 (13:06:04 CEST)
How to cite:
Gundamaraju, R.; Lu, W.; Eri, R. The Good among the Bad and the Ugly: The Unsung Heroes in ER Stress, GPCR and EMT. Preprints2020, 2020070097. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0097.v1
Gundamaraju, R.; Lu, W.; Eri, R. The Good among the Bad and the Ugly: The Unsung Heroes in ER Stress, GPCR and EMT. Preprints 2020, 2020070097. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0097.v1
Gundamaraju, R.; Lu, W.; Eri, R. The Good among the Bad and the Ugly: The Unsung Heroes in ER Stress, GPCR and EMT. Preprints2020, 2020070097. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0097.v1
APA Style
Gundamaraju, R., Lu, W., & Eri, R. (2020). The Good among the Bad and the Ugly: The Unsung Heroes in ER Stress, GPCR and EMT. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0097.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Gundamaraju, R., Wenying Lu and Rajaraman Eri. 2020 "The Good among the Bad and the Ugly: The Unsung Heroes in ER Stress, GPCR and EMT" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0097.v1
Abstract
The majority of cellular responses to external stimuli are mediated by receptors such as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and systems including endoplasmic reticular stress (ER stress). Since GPCR signalling is pivotal in numerous malignant pathologies, they are targeted by a number of clinically used drugs. Cancer cells often negatively modulate GPCRs in order to survive, proliferate and to disseminate. Similarly, numerous branches of the unfolded protein response (UPR) act as pro-survival mediators and are involved in promoting cancer progression via mechanisms such as epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT). However, there are a few proteins among these groups which impede deleterious effects by orchestrating the pro-apoptotic phenomenon and paving a therapeutic pathway. The present review exposes and discusses such critical mechanisms and some of the key processes involved in carcinogenesis.
Keywords
ER stress; GPCR; EMT; cancer progression; migration; cancer
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Oncology and Oncogenics
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Commenter: Karunakar
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.