Francis, Nikita, Borniger, Jeremy C (September 2021) Cancer as a homeostatic challenge: the role of the hypothalamus. Trends in Neurosciences. ISSN 0166-2236
Abstract
The initiation, progression, and metastatic spread of cancer elicits diverse changes in systemic physiology. In this way, cancer represents a novel homeostatic challenge to the host system. Here, we discuss how the hypothalamus, a critical brain region involved in homeostasis senses, integrates and responds to cancer-induced changes in physiology. Through this lens, cancer-associated changes in behavior (e.g., sleep disruption) and physiology (e.g., glucocorticoid dysregulation) can be viewed as the result of an inability to re-establish homeostasis. We provide examples at each level (receptor sensing, integration of systemic signals, and efferent regulatory pathways) of how homeostatic organization becomes disrupted across different cancers. Finally, we lay out predictions of this hypothesis and highlight outstanding questions that aim to guide further work in this area.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Subjects: | diseases & disorders > cancer diseases & disorders diseases & disorders > neoplasms organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > suprachiasmatic nucleus > hypothalamus organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > hypothalamus neurobiology > neuroscience |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Borniger lab CSHL Cancer Center Program CSHL Cancer Center Program > Cellular Communication in Cancer Program |
| SWORD Depositor: | CSHL Elements |
| Depositing User: | CSHL Elements |
| Date: | September 2021 |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2021 17:26 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2024 16:49 |
| PMCID: | PMC9901368 |
| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/40364 |
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