2024
MLL1 regulates cytokine-driven cell migration and metastasis
Nair P, Danilova L, Gómez-de-Mariscal E, Kim D, Fan R, Muñoz-Barrutia A, Fertig E, Wirtz D. MLL1 regulates cytokine-driven cell migration and metastasis. Science Advances 2024, 10: eadk0785. PMID: 38478601, PMCID: PMC10936879, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk0785.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethyltransferase mixed-lineage leukemia 1Cell migrationControls actin filament assemblyRegulation of cell migrationHistone methyltransferase mixed-lineage leukemia 1Actin filament assemblyCell cycle-related pathwaysCancer cell migrationMixed-lineage leukemia 1Regulating cell proliferationMyosin contractilityFilament assemblyProtein meninAssociated with immune cellsMetastatic burdenCancer cellsCell proliferationPrimary tumor growth rateLung metastatic burdenTumor growth rateGrowth rateCellsPreexisting metastasesMetastatic diseaseTumor growth
2023
CXCL8/CXCR2 signaling mediates bone marrow fibrosis and is a therapeutic target in myelofibrosis
Dunbar A, Kim D, Lu M, Farina M, Bowman R, Yang J, Park Y, Karzai A, Xiao W, Zaroogian Z, O’Connor K, Mowla S, Gobbo F, Verachi P, Martelli F, Sarli G, Xia L, Elmansy N, Kleppe M, Chen Z, Xiao Y, McGovern E, Snyder J, Krishnan A, Hill C, Cordner K, Zouak A, Salama M, Yohai J, Tucker E, Chen J, Zhou J, McConnell T, Migliaccio A, Koche R, Rampal R, Fan R, Levine R, Hoffman R. CXCL8/CXCR2 signaling mediates bone marrow fibrosis and is a therapeutic target in myelofibrosis. Blood 2023, 141: 2508-2519. PMID: 36800567, PMCID: PMC10273167, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022015418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConstitutive JAK/STATHematopoietic stem/progenitor cellsJAK/STATBone marrow fibrosisStem/progenitor cellsMPN cellsMarrow fibrosisHuman cancersMyeloproliferative neoplasmsPrimary cellsProgenitor cellsMechanistic insightsPharmacologic inhibitionGenetic deletionSignaling contributesGene signatureJAK inhibitor therapyTherapeutic targetingEnhanced proliferationCritical roleTherapeutic targetCXCL8/MF developmentMF pathogenesisInhibitor therapy