G Proteins and G Protein Coupled Receptors in Cancer
    
    
    
        
            Monday April 23, 2018
        
    
    
        
            9:30 am
        
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            12:00 pm 
        
     Eastern Time (ET)
    
       Room 16B
            
        DCP
        DDD
        MP
        TCP
        
    
 Chair :
 Paul Insel
University of California, San Diego
 J. Silvio Gutkind
University of California, San Diego
    
  GPCRs, the largest family of cell surface signaling proteins and the targets for >30% of FDA-approved drugs,  play key physiological and pathophysiological roles, in part through their activation of heterotrimeric G proteins. Recent analyses of human cancer genomes revealed an unanticipated high frequency of mutations in G proteins and GPCRs in many tumor types, including the discovery of mutant GPCRs and G proteins as driver oncogenes. GPCRs also regulate tumor-induced angiogenesis, cancer stem cell maintenance, metastasis, and immune evasion of cancer. Speakers in this symposium will describe efforts to translate  such recent knowledge into new pharmacological interventions for cancer prevention and treatment.
        
  
Speakers
 Martine Smit
 - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Viral Hijacking of GPCR Networks in Cancer
 
 Joan Heller Brown
 - University of California, San Diego
G Protein Regulation of Glioblastoma Stem Cells
 
 J. Silvio Gutkind
 - University of California, San Diego
The Human Onco-GPCRome: Opportunities for Cancer Prevention and Treatment 
 
 Joshua  Allen
 - Oncoceutics, Inc
Clinical Activity Novel GPCR Targeting Agents in Cancer: An Industry Perspective 
 
 Mikel Garcia-Marcos
 - Boston University
A Novel BRET Biosensor for Gαq-GTP Reveals Unique Properties of Cancer-associated GNAQ Mutants
 
 Alyssa Rodriguez
 - University of California, San Diego
HRH1: A Novel GPCR Drug Target in Pancreatic Cancer