
OLD Category: signatures
July 17, 2023 / Mol Cancer
Spatially resolved, high-dimensional transcriptomics sorts out the evolution of biphasic malignant pleural mesothelioma: new paradigms for immunotherapy
Background: Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is a dreadful disease escaping the classical genetic model of cancer evolution and characterized by wide heterogeneity and transcriptional plasticity. Clinical evolution of MPM is…
July 14, 2023 / Cancer Res
Endocrine therapy synergizes with SMAC mimetics to potentiate antigen presentation and tumor regression in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer
Immunotherapies have yet to demonstrate significant efficacy in the treatment of hormone receptor positive (HR+) breast cancer. Given that endocrine therapy (ET) is the primary approach for treating HR+ breast…
July 13, 2023 / iScience
Spatiotemporally organized immunomodulatory response to SARS-CoV-2 virus in primary human broncho-alveolar epithelia
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a health crisis with major unmet medical needs. The early responses from airway epithelial cells, the first target of the virus regulating the progression…
July 12, 2023 / Int J Mol Sci
Spatially Resolved Proteomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-Rearranged Pulmonary Adenocarcinomas Reveals Key Players in Inter- and Intratumoral Heterogeneity
Pulmonary adenocarcinomas (pADCs) with an ALK rearrangement are a rare cancer subtype, necessitating comprehensive molecular investigations to unravel their heterogeneity and improve therapeutic strategies. In this pilot study, we employed…
July 11, 2023 / J Exp Med
Single-cell profiling reveals unique features of diabetogenic T cells in anti-PD-1-induced type 1 diabetes mice
Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are a notable complication of PD-1 cancer immunotherapy. A better understanding of how these iatrogenic diseases compare with naturally arising autoimmune diseases is needed for treatment…
July 10, 2023 / NPJ Regen Med
Nerve growth factor receptor (Ngfr) induces neurogenic plasticity by suppressing reactive astroglial Lcn2/Slc22a17 signaling in Alzheimer’s disease
Neurogenesis, crucial for brain resilience, is reduced in Alzheimer's disease (AD) that induces astroglial reactivity at the expense of the pro-neurogenic potential, and restoring neurogenesis could counteract neurodegenerative pathology. However,…
July 10, 2023 / JCI Insight
The MIF promoter SNP rs755622 is associated with immune activation in glioblastoma
Intratumoral heterogeneity is a defining hallmark of glioblastoma, driving drug resistance and ultimately recurrence. Many somatic drivers of microenvironmental change have been shown to affect this heterogeneity and, ultimately, the…
July 7, 2023 / J Biol Chem
Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase Mediates Lipofibroblast-Myofibroblast Transition and Apoptosis Resistance
Metabolism controls cellular phenotype and fate. In this report, we demonstrate that nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT), a metabolic enzyme that regulates developmental stem cell transitions and tumor progression, is highly expressed…
July 5, 2023 / Cancer Res
Periostin+ Stromal Cells Guide Lymphovascular Invasion by Cancer Cells
Cancer cell dissemination to sentinel lymph nodes associates with poor patient outcomes, particularly in breast cancer. The process by which cancer cells egress from the primary tumor upon interfacing with…
June 29, 2023 / J Clin Invest
Active transcription in the vascular bed characterizes rapid progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is the most common manifestation of interstitial lung disease (ILD), with a median survival of 3-5 years after diagnosis. IPF is characterized by progressive fibrosis with…
June 29, 2023 / Pharmacol Res
Multi-dimensional characterization of immunological profiles in small cell lung cancer uncovers clinically relevant immune subtypes with distinct prognoses and therapeutic vulnerabilities
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is generally considered a 'homogenous' disease, with little documented inter-tumor heterogeneity in treatment guidance or prognosis evaluation. The precise identification of clinically relevant molecular subtypes remains…
June 29, 2023 / Int J Mol Sci
GSK-3 Inhibitor Elraglusib Enhances Tumor-Infiltrating Immune Cell Activation in Tumor Biopsies and Synergizes with Anti-PD-L1 in a Murine Model of Colorectal Cancer
Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a serine/threonine kinase that has been implicated in numerous oncogenic processes. GSK-3 inhibitor elraglusib (9-ING-41) has shown promising preclinical and clinical antitumor activity across multiple…