Qingying Liu, Zhongyuan Lu, Huan Ren, Lijun Fu, Yueliang Wang, Huilian Bu, Minyu Ma, Letian Ma, Chen Huang, Jian Wang, Weidong Zang, Jing Cao, Xiaochong Fan
BACKGROUND: Bone cancer pain (BCP) is one of the most ubiquitous and refractory symptoms of cancer patients that needs to be urgently addressed. Substantial studies have revealed the pivotal role of Cav3.2 T-type calcium channels in chronic pain, however, its involvement in BCP and the specific molecular mechanism have not been fully elucidated. METHODS: The expression levels of Cav3.2, insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF-1), IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) were detected by Western blot in tissues and cells...
October 2023: Journal of Bone Oncology