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SUBMITTER: Yee NS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3303226 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yee Nelson S NS Zhou Weiqiang W Lee Minsun M Yee Rosemary K RK
Cancer letters 20111211 1
The transient receptor potential TRPM7 ion channel is required for cellular proliferation in pancreatic epithelia and adenocarcinoma. To elucidate the mechanism that mediates the function of TRPM7, we examined its role in survival of pancreatic cancer cells. RNA interference-mediated silencing of TRPM7 did not induce apoptotic cell death. TRPM7-deficient cells underwent replicative senescence with up-regulation of p16(CDKN2A) and WRN mRNA. The combination of anti-TRPM7 siRNA and gemcitabine prod ...[more]