Small cells–big issues: biological implications and preclinical advancements in small cell lung cancer

A Solta, B Ernhofer, K Boettiger, Z Megyesfalvi… - Molecular cancer, 2024 - Springer
Current treatment guidelines refer to small cell lung cancer (SCLC), one of the deadliest
human malignancies, as a homogeneous disease. Accordingly, SCLC therapy comprises …

OCA-T1 and OCA-T2 are coactivators of POU2F3 in the tuft cell lineage

XS Wu, XY He, JJ Ipsaro, YH Huang, JB Preall, D Ng… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Tuft cells are a rare chemosensory lineage that coordinates immune and neural responses
to foreign pathogens in mucosal tissues. Recent studies have also revealed tuft-cell-like …

Intestinal Tuft Cells: Morphology, Function, and Implications for Human Health

JB Silverman, PN Vega, MJ Tyska… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Tuft cells are a rare and morphologically distinct chemosensory cell type found throughout
many organs, including the gastrointestinal tract. These cells were identified by their unique …

Microbiota-derived butyrate restricts tuft cell differentiation via histone deacetylase 3 to modulate intestinal type 2 immunity

EM Eshleman, T Rice, C Potter, A Waddell… - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
Tuft cells in mucosal tissues are key regulators of type 2 immunity. Here, we examined the
impact of the microbiota on tuft cell biology in the intestine. Succinate induction of tuft cells …

Immunosensing of neuron-specific enolase based on dual signal amplification strategy via electrocatalytic oxygen reduction by iron-porphyrin covalent organic …

H Liang, Y Luo, Y Xiao, J Xiong, R Chen, Y Song… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is very urgent to construct an efficient neuron-specific enolase (NSE) immunosensor for the
early diagnosis of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Here, a sensitive NSE immunosandwich …

Molecular phenotyping of small cell lung cancer using targeted cfDNA profiling of transcriptional regulatory regions

JB Hiatt, AL Doebley, HU Arnold, M Adil… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
We report an approach for cancer phenotyping based on targeted sequencing of cell-free
DNA (cfDNA) for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). In SCLC, differential activation of …

Selective regulation of tuft cell-like small cell lung cancer by novel transcriptional co-activators C11orf53 and COLCA2

C Zhou, H Huang, Y Wang, E Sendinc, Y Shi - Cell Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Dear Editor, An ideal cancer therapy drug should kill cancer cells while displaying limited
toxicities toward normal cells 1. Therefore, genes essential in cancer but not normal cells are …

Knockdown of ANLN inhibits the progression of lung adenocarcinoma via pyroptosis activation

L Sheng, Y Kang, D Chen, L Shi - Molecular medicine …, 2023 - spandidos-publications.com
Significant advancements have been achieved in the area of molecular targeted therapy for
lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). However, the complex molecular patterns and high …

Chemosensory cells in the respiratory tract as crucial regulators of innate immune responses

MI Hollenhorst, G Krasteva‐Christ - The Journal of Physiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
During recent years chemosensory cells in extraoral tissues have been established as
mediators for the detection and regulation of innate immune processes in response to …

Genetic mapping reveals Pou2af2/OCA-T1–dependent tuning of tuft cell differentiation and intestinal type 2 immunity

MS Nadjsombati, N Niepoth, LM Webeck… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Chemosensory epithelial tuft cells contribute to innate immunity at barrier surfaces, but their
differentiation from epithelial progenitors is not well understood. Here, we exploited …