m6A RNA methylation regulates the fate of endogenous retroviruses

T Chelmicki, E Roger, A Teissandier, M Dura… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are abundant and heterogenous groups of integrated
retroviral sequences that affect genome regulation and cell physiology throughout their RNA …

[HTML][HTML] MPS1 inhibition primes immunogenicity of KRAS-LKB1 mutant lung cancer

S Kitajima, T Tani, BF Springer, M Campisi, T Osaki… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
KRAS-LKB1 (KL) mutant lung cancers silence STING owing to intrinsic mitochondrial
dysfunction, resulting in T cell exclusion and resistance to programmed cell death (ligand) 1 …

The transcriptional and epigenetic landscape of cancer cell lineage plasticity

A Davies, A Zoubeidi, H Beltran, LA Selth - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Lineage plasticity, a process whereby cells change their phenotype to take on a different
molecular and/or histologic identity, is a key driver of cancer progression and therapy …

IFNγ signaling integrity in colorectal cancer immunity and immunotherapy

W Du, TL Frankel, M Green, W Zou - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2022 - nature.com
The majority of colorectal cancer patients are not responsive to immune checkpoint
blockade (ICB). The interferon gamma (IFNγ) signaling pathway drives spontaneous and …

Notch signaling and efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in relapsed small cell lung cancer

N Roper, MJ Velez, A Chiappori, YS Kim, JS Wei… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) benefits only a small subset of patients with small cell
lung cancer (SCLC), yet the mechanisms driving benefit are poorly understood. To identify …

Intrinsic immunogenicity of small cell lung carcinoma revealed by its cellular plasticity

NR Mahadevan, EH Knelson, JO Wolff, A Vajdi, M Saigí… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) is highly mutated, yet durable response to immune
checkpoint blockade (ICB) is rare. SCLC also exhibits cellular plasticity, which could …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of transcription factor programs and immune pathway activation define four major subtypes of SCLC with distinct therapeutic vulnerabilities

CM Gay, CA Stewart, EM Park, L Diao, SM Groves… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Despite molecular and clinical heterogeneity, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is treated as a
single entity with predictably poor results. Using tumor expression data and non-negative …

Endogenous retroviruses in the origins and treatment of cancer

N Jansz, GJ Faulkner - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are emerging as promising therapeutic targets in cancer.
As remnants of ancient retroviral infections, ERV-derived regulatory elements coordinate …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting DNA methylation and EZH2 activity to overcome melanoma resistance to immunotherapy

A Al Emran, A Chatterjee, EJ Rodger, JC Tiffen… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Methylation of DNA at CpG sites is the most common and stable of epigenetic changes in
cancer. Hypermethylation acts to limit immune checkpoint blockade immunotherapy by …

3D microfluidic ex vivo culture of organotypic tumor spheroids to model immune checkpoint blockade

AR Aref, M Campisi, E Ivanova, A Portell, D Larios… - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic culture has the potential to revolutionize cancer diagnosis and therapy. Indeed,
several microdevices are being developed specifically for clinical use to test novel cancer …