July 2022 Cancer Research UK and Sosei Heptares sign agreement to advance cancer immunotherapy candidate into clinical trials " HTL0039732 is a novel EP4 antagonist with potential to treat a wide range of cancers company and world-leader in GPCR1-focused structure-based drug design (SBDD) and development, an d Cancer Research UK , the world’s largest private funder of cancer research, today announce the signing of an agreement to bring Sosei Heptares ’ cancer immunotherapy drug candidate into a first-in-human trial.

September 2022 " Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and requires more prognostic The clinical significance of GPR39 in colon cancer has never been reported. Materials: In our study, we compared GPR39 expression between colon cancers and tumor-adjacent tissues by retrieving TCGA data and detected the expression of GPR39 in colon cancers with qPCR and immunohistochemistry

September 2022 Exploiting Dependence of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer on the Arginine Vasopressin Signaling Axis by Repurposing Vaptans "Men with advanced prostate cancer are treated by androgen deprivation therapy but the disease recurs as incurable castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), requiring new Interrogation of prostate cancer patient sample data revealed that coexpression of AVPR1A and AVPR2 is

< GPCR News < GPCRs in Oncology and Immunology Biochemical pharmacology of adenylyl cyclases in cancer date October 1, 2024 Abstract "Globally, despite extensive research and pharmacological advancement, cancer Understanding the signaling pathways involved in cancer progression is essential for the discovery of The expression patterns of ACs in numerous cancers are discussed. , G protein , GPCR , Hallmarks of Cancer , cAMP signaling .

A defining hallmark of GBM is a highly acidic tumor microenvironment, which is thought to activate pro-tumorigenic Lorazepam, which has off target agonism of GPR68, is linked to worse clinical outcomes for a variety of cancers However, the role of tumor microenvironment acidification in GPR68 activation has not been assessed in cancer

< GPCR News < GPCRs in Oncology and Immunology Chemokine Physiology in Cancer Published date November In cancer, chemokines play paradoxical roles in both the directed emigration of metastatic, receptor-expressing cancer cells out of the tumor as well as immigration of tumor infiltrating immune cells that culminate Facets of chemokine physiology across discrete cancer immune phenotypes are contrasted to existing chemokine-centered therapies in cancer.