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. 2015 Aug 23;8(Suppl 1):47–62. doi: 10.4137/CGM.S21215

Table 2.

CIBP therapeutic targets identified by use of animal models.

TARGET ABBREVIATION CANCER MODEL HOST SPECIES REFERENCES
Bone remodeling
Osteoprotegerin OPG Breast, Prostate Mouse 4143, 50
Transforming growth factor-β TGFβ Breast Mouse 56, 57
Parathyroid hormone-related protein PTHrP Breast Mouse 56
Receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand RANKL Breast, Prostate Mouse 4143, 50
Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase FPP synthase Breast Mouse 4446, 176, 177
Cathepsin K CKI Breast Mouse 178
Neurotrophins
Nerve growth factor NGF Breast, Prostate, Sarcoma Mouse 68, 71, 7577
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF Breast Rat 81, 82
Tropomyosin receptor kinase A,B TrkA,B Sarcoma Mouse 79
Oxidative and nitrosative stress
Cystine/Glutamate Antiporter System xc System xc Breast Mouse 87
Inflammatory mediators
Tumor necrosis factor-α TNFα Breast, Lung, Sarcoma Mouse 27, 101105
Interleukin-6 IL-6 Sarcoma Mouse 102, 103
Interleukin-1β/receptor IL-1R IL-1β/IL-1R Sarcoma Mouse 102, 103
Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1/receptor CCR2 MCP-1, CCL2/CCr2 Breast Rat 114
Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1α MIP-1α, CCL3 Breast Mouse 101
Fractalkine/fractalkine receptor CXCL1/CX3CR1 Breast Rat 110, 111
P38 mitogen-activated protein kinases P38 MAPK Breast Rat 111
Cannabinoid receptor 2 CB2 Breast Mouse 101
Neurochemical changes and sensitization
Acid-sensing ion channel 3 ASIC3 Breast Rat 132
Acid-sensing ion channel 1a/1b (ASIC1a/1b) ASIC1a/1b Breast Rat 47
Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 TRPV1 Sarcoma Breast, Mice 121
Sarcoma Rat 124, 126, 127
P2X purinoceptor 3 P2X3 Breast Rat 136, 137
MicroRNAs miR-1a-3p and miR-483-3p Sarcoma Mice 142