2023
Activation of KrasG12D in Subset of Alveolar Type II Cells Enhances Cellular Plasticity in Lung Adenocarcinoma
Chaudhary P, Xu X, Wang G, Hoj J, Rampersad R, Asselin-Labat M, Ting S, Kim W, Tamayo P, Pendergast A, Onaitis M. Activation of KrasG12D in Subset of Alveolar Type II Cells Enhances Cellular Plasticity in Lung Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research Communications 2023, 3: 2400-2411. PMID: 37882674, PMCID: PMC10668634, DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-22-0408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType II cellsLung adenocarcinomaDual-positive cellsII cellsKRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinomaDevelopment of novel targeted therapeuticsTumor-initiating cellsNotch signalingAlveolar type II cellsNovel targeted therapeuticsCell of originThree-dimensional organoid culturesSOX2 upregulationKRAS activationAdenocarcinomaMouse modelTherapeutic strategiesProliferation of cellsGain-of-functionRNA sequencing analysisTransplantation studiesCellular plasticityOrganoid culturesSOX2 levelsNotch pathway
2017
Abstract 5020: A genome-scale ORF screen reveals an alternative splicing program that regulates mesenchymal and stem-like cell states in breast cancer
Li J, Choi P, Chaffer C, Labella K, Kim J, Doench J, Dai C, Giacomelli A, Ly S, Hwang J, Hong A, Ilic N, Gjoerup O, Meyerson M, Brooks A, Weinberg R, Hahn W. Abstract 5020: A genome-scale ORF screen reveals an alternative splicing program that regulates mesenchymal and stem-like cell states in breast cancer. Cancer Research 2017, 77: 5020-5020. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2017-5020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlternative splicing programFilamin BSplicing factorsGene set enrichment analysisAlternative splicingCell statesSplicing programCD44 cell surface markersRegulation of EMTShort isoformStem-like stateDownstream targetsStem cell fate determinationCell fate determinationRNA splicing factorsHuman mammary epithelial cellsBreast cancer patient samplesMammary epithelial cellsBreast cancer cell linesRNA sequencing analysisTumor formation in vivoAssociated with stem cell propertiesBasal-like breast cancerCancer patient samplesStem-like traits