2024
Plasticity-induced repression of Irf6 underlies acquired resistance to cancer immunotherapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Kim I, Diamond M, Yuan S, Kemp S, Kahn B, Li Q, Lin J, Li J, Norgard R, Thomas S, Merolle M, Katsuda T, Tobias J, Baslan T, Politi K, Vonderheide R, Stanger B. Plasticity-induced repression of Irf6 underlies acquired resistance to cancer immunotherapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 1532. PMID: 38378697, PMCID: PMC10879147, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46048-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCell Line, TumorEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPancreatic NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaEpithelial-to-mesenchymal transitionResistance to immunotherapyT cell killingDuctal adenocarcinomaAcquired resistance to immunotherapyResistance to cancer immunotherapyMouse model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaModel of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaExpression of immune checkpointsInterferon regulatory factor 6Effect of TNF-aEMT transcription factor ZEB1Antigen presentation machineryTumor immune microenvironmentCell-intrinsic defectsPro-apoptotic effectsPresentation machineryCancer immunotherapyImmune checkpointsTumor relapseImmune microenvironmentPrimary resistanceT cellsAcquired resistance
2022
Brain metastatic outgrowth and osimertinib resistance are potentiated by RhoA in EGFR-mutant lung cancer
Adua S, Arnal-Estapé A, Zhao M, Qi B, Liu Z, Kravitz C, Hulme H, Strittmatter N, López-Giráldez F, Chande S, Albert A, Melnick M, Hu B, Politi K, Chiang V, Colclough N, Goodwin R, Cross D, Smith P, Nguyen D. Brain metastatic outgrowth and osimertinib resistance are potentiated by RhoA in EGFR-mutant lung cancer. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 7690. PMID: 36509758, PMCID: PMC9744876, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34889-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expression programsRas homolog family member ACancer cellsFamily member AEpidermal growth factor receptorExpression programsMetastatic cancer cellsSRF signalingGrowth factor receptorTumor microenvironmentLung cancerFunctional linkExtracellular lamininDrug-resistant cancer cellsMutant non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerCentral nervous system relapseMolecular studiesMember AEGFR-mutant lung cancerFactor receptorNervous system relapseCell lung cancerDisseminated tumor cellsBrain tumor microenvironment