杨舒雯, 马 奔, 周 力. The progress of the research on the relationship between stanniocalcins and cancers[J]. China Oncology, 2016, 26(10): 875-880. DOI: 10.19401/j.cnki.1007-3639.2016.10.012.
The progress of the research on the relationship between stanniocalcins and cancers
Stanniocalcin (STC) was first found as a calcium- and phosphate-regulating hormone produced in bony fish by the corpuscles of Stannius. In mammals
the homolog STC-1 displays a relative high amino acid sequence identity (nearly 50%) with fish STC
and STC-2 has a lower identity (nearly 35%) with STC-1 and fish STC. Both STC-1 and STC-2 are expressed in a variety of tissues. The functions of STC have not been understood. But some findings have been reported on their cellular localization
gene structure
and expression in different physiological and pathological conditions
which will be clues in elucidating the functions of STC in mammals. Moreover
STC-1 and STC-2 are expressed in many tumor cell lines
suggesting other biological functions of STC in mammals other than mineral metabolism.