UV Laser Stimulation of Ca 2+ Transients in Aggressive Glioblastoma Brain Cancer Cells .

Autor: Mellor NG, Cheung SA, Graham ES, Day BW, Unsworth CP
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference [Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc] 2023 Jul; Vol. 2023, pp. 1-4.
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10341039
Abstrakt: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a lethal astrocytoma being the most common highest-grade adult brain cancer. GBM tumours are highly invasive and display rapid growth to surrounding areas of the brain. Despite treatment, diagnosed patients continue to have poor prognosis with average survival time of 8 months. Calcium (Ca 2+ ) is a main communication channel used in GBM and its understanding holds the potential to unlock new approaches to treatment. The aim of this work is to provide a first step to accurately evoking Ca 2+ transients in GBM cells using single UV nanosecond laser pulses in vitro such that this communication pathway can be more reliably studied from the single-cell to the network level.
Databáze: MEDLINE