Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibition leads to regression of acral melanoma by targeting the tumor microenvironment

EA Smith, RL Belote, NM Cruz, TE Moustafa… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Acral melanoma (AM) is an aggressive melanoma variant that arises from palmar, plantar,
and nail unit melanocytes. Compared to non-acral cutaneous melanoma (CM), AM is …

[HTML][HTML] Delineating the early dissemination mechanisms of acral melanoma by integrating single-cell and spatial transcriptomic analyses

C Wei, W Sun, K Shen, J Zhong, W Liu, Z Gao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Acral melanoma (AM) is a rare subtype of melanoma characterized by a high incidence of
lymph node (LN) metastasis, a critical factor in tumor dissemination and therapeutic decision …

Single-cell characterization of the cellular landscape of acral melanoma identifies novel targets for immunotherapy

J Li, I Smalley, Z Chen, JY Wu, MS Phadke… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: Acral melanoma is a rare subtype of melanoma that arises on the non–hair-
bearing skin of the palms, soles, and nail beds. In this study, we used single-cell RNA …

Targeted genomic profiling of acral melanoma

I Yeh, E Jorgenson, L Shen, M Xu… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Acral melanoma is a rare type of melanoma that affects world populations
irrespective of skin color and has worse survival than other cutaneous melanomas. It has …

Integrated genomic analyses reveal frequent TERT aberrations in acral melanoma

WS Liang, W Hendricks, J Kiefer, J Schmidt… - Genome …, 2017 - genome.cshlp.org
Genomic analyses of cutaneous melanoma (CM) have yielded biological and therapeutic
insights, but understanding of non-ultraviolet (UV)-derived CMs remains limited. Deeper …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic evolution of acral melanoma

M Wang, S Fukushima, YS Sheen, E Ramelyte… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acral melanoma is an aggressive type of melanoma with unknown origins, arising on the
sole, palm, or nail apparatus. It is the most common type of melanoma in individuals with …

[HTML][HTML] Cutaneous and acral melanoma cross-OMICs reveals prognostic cancer drivers associated with pathobiology and ultraviolet exposure

ALSA Vicente, A Novoloaca, V Cahais, Z Awada… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ultraviolet radiation (UV) is causally linked to cutaneous melanoma, yet the underlying
epigenetic mechanisms, known as molecular sensors of exposure, have not been …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative molecular and spatial analysis reveals evolutionary dynamics and tumor-immune interplay of in situ and invasive acral melanoma

H Liu, J Gao, M Feng, J Cheng, Y Tang, Q Cao, Z Zhao… - Cancer Cell, 2024 - cell.com
In acral melanoma (AM), progression from in situ (AMis) to invasive AM (iAM) leads to
significantly reduced survival. However, evolutionary dynamics during this process remain …

[HTML][HTML] AXL inhibition improves BRAF-targeted treatment in melanoma

M Nyakas, KG Fleten, MH Haugen, N Engedal… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
More than half of metastatic melanoma patients receiving standard therapy fail to achieve a
long-term survival due to primary and/or acquired resistance. Tumor cell ability to switch …

Network-based molecular subtyping of acral melanoma

Y Mingzhu, Y Zhang, W Wang, S Zhao, J Su, S Li… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Acral melanoma is more biologically aggressive with a worse prognosis compared with
other melanoma subtypes. However, the molecular basis underlying the biological and …