title: The calcium-cancer signalling nexus.
abstract: The calcium signal is a powerful and multifaceted tool by which cells can achieve specific outcomes. Cellular machinery important in tumour progression is often driven or influenced by changes in calcium ions; in some cases this regulation occurs within spatially defined regions. Over the past decade there has been a deeper understanding of how calcium signalling is remodelled in some cancers and the consequences of calcium signalling on key events such as proliferation, invasion and sensitivity to cell death. Specific calcium signalling pathways have also now been identified as playing important roles in the establishment and maintenance of multidrug resistance and the tumour microenvironment.
authors.affiliation: The School of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia.|Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia.|Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia.
authors.forename: Gregory R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Monteith
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1003, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le cancer, and Universite de Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, F-59650, France.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prevarskaya
authors.affiliation: The School of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Roberts-Thomson
mesh_terms: D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*