IL6 blockade reprograms the lung tumor microenvironment to limit the development and progression of K-ras–mutant lung cancer

MS Caetano, H Zhang, AM Cumpian, L Gong, N Unver… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
Activating mutations of K-ras are the most common oncogenic alterations found in lung
cancer. Unfortunately, attempts to target K-ras–mutant lung tumors have thus far failed …

IL6 trans-signaling promotes KRAS-driven lung carcinogenesis

GD Brooks, L McLeod, S Alhayyani, A Miller… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
Oncogenic KRAS mutations occur frequently in lung adenocarcinoma. The signaling
pathways activated by IL6 promote Kras-driven lung tumorigenesis, but the basis for this …

IL22 Promotes Kras-Mutant Lung Cancer by Induction of a Protumor Immune Response and Protection of Stemness Properties

N Khosravi, MS Caetano, AM Cumpian, N Unver… - Cancer immunology …, 2018 - AACR
Somatic KRAS mutations are the most common oncogenic variants in lung cancer and are
associated with poor prognosis. Using a Kras-induced lung cancer mouse model, CC-LR …

Interleukin-6 prevents the initiation but enhances the progression of lung cancer

Z Qu, F Sun, J Zhou, L Li, SD Shapiro, G Xiao - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
Recent studies suggest that high expression of the proinflammatory cytokine IL6 is
associated with poor survival of lung cancer patients. Accordingly, IL6 has been a target of …

IL6/STAT3 signaling orchestrates premetastatic niche formation and immunosuppressive traits in lung

B Jing, T Wang, B Sun, J Xu, D Xu, Y Liao, H Song… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Cancer cells that succeed in forming metastasis need to be reprogrammed to evade immune
surveillance and survive in a new microenvironment. This is facilitated by metastatic niches …

Requirement of the NF-κB subunit p65/RelA for K-Ras–induced lung tumorigenesis

DS Bassères, A Ebbs, E Levantini, AS Baldwin - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
K-Ras–induced lung cancer is a very common disease, for which there are currently no
effective therapies. Because therapy directly targeting the activity of oncogenic Ras has …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting IL-1β as an immunopreventive and therapeutic modality for K-ras–mutant lung cancer

B Yuan, MJ Clowers, WV Velasco, S Peng, Q Peng… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
K-ras–mutant lung adenocarcinoma (KM-LUAD) is associated with abysmal prognosis and
is tightly linked to tumor-promoting inflammation. A human mAb, canakinumab, targeting the …

Sex specific function of epithelial STAT3 signaling in pathogenesis of K-ras mutant lung cancer

MS Caetano, M Hassane, HT Van, E Bugarin… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Lung adenocarcinomas (LUADs) with mutations in the K-ras oncogene display dismal
prognosis. Proinflammatory and immunomodulatory events that drive development of K-ras …

Combined Inactivation of MYC and K-Ras oncogenes reverses tumorigenesis in lung adenocarcinomas and lymphomas

PT Tran, AC Fan, PK Bendapudi, S Koh… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Conditional transgenic models have established that tumors require sustained
oncogene activation for tumor maintenance, exhibiting the phenomenon known as …

JAK–STAT inhibition impairs K‐RAS‐driven lung adenocarcinoma progression

J Mohrherr, M Haber, K Breitenecker… - … journal of cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Oncogenic K‐RAS has been difficult to target and currently there is no K‐RAS‐based
targeted therapy available for patients suffering from K‐RAS‐driven lung adenocarcinoma …