STAT proteins in cancer: orchestration of metabolism

YJ Li, C Zhang, A Martincuks, A Herrmann… - Nature reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Reprogrammed metabolism is a hallmark of cancer. However, the metabolic dependency of
cancer, from tumour initiation through disease progression and therapy resistance, requires …

KRAS mutation: from undruggable to druggable in cancer

L Huang, Z Guo, F Wang, L Fu - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide, and its treatment and outcomes have been
dramatically revolutionised by targeted therapies. As the most frequently mutated oncogene …

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Stromal Evolution into LRRC15+ Myofibroblasts as a Determinant of Patient Response to Cancer Immunotherapy

CX Dominguez, S Müller, S Keerthivasan, H Koeppen… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
With only a fraction of patients responding to cancer immunotherapy, a better understanding
of the entire tumor microenvironment is needed. Using single-cell transcriptomics, we chart …

Immune modulatory effects of oncogenic KRAS in cancer

S Hamarsheh, O Groß, T Brummer, R Zeiser - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Oncogenic KRAS mutations are the most frequent mutations in human cancer, but most
difficult to target. While sustained proliferation caused by oncogenic KRAS-downstream …

IL1-induced JAK/STAT signaling is antagonized by TGFβ to shape CAF heterogeneity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

G Biffi, TE Oni, B Spielman, Y Hao, E Elyada, Y Park… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is poorly responsive to therapies and
histologically contains a paucity of neoplastic cells embedded within a dense desmoplastic …

Autophagy-dependent ferroptosis drives tumor-associated macrophage polarization via release and uptake of oncogenic KRAS protein

E Dai, L Han, J Liu, Y **e, G Kroemer, DJ Klionsky… - Autophagy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in human neoplasia. Despite a
large investment to understand the effects of KRAS mutation in cancer cells, the direct effects …

Drugging KRAS: current perspectives and state-of-art review

K Parikh, G Banna, SV Liu, A Friedlaender… - Journal of hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
After decades of efforts, we have recently made progress into targeting KRAS mutations in
several malignancies. Known as the 'holy grail'of targeted cancer therapies, KRAS is the …

PD-L1 engagement on T cells promotes self-tolerance and suppression of neighboring macrophages and effector T cells in cancer

B Diskin, S Adam, MF Cassini, G Sanchez, M Liria… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) ligation delimits immunogenic responses in T cells.
However, the consequences of programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) ligation in T cells …

Distinct populations of inflammatory fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in pancreatic cancer

D Öhlund, A Handly-Santana, G Biffi, E Elyada… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - rupress.org
Pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) differentiate into cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) that
produce desmoplastic stroma, thereby modulating disease progression and therapeutic …

Targeting LIF-mediated paracrine interaction for pancreatic cancer therapy and monitoring

Y Shi, W Gao, NK Lytle, P Huang, X Yuan, AM Dann… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a dismal prognosis largely owing to
inefficient diagnosis and tenacious drug resistance. Activation of pancreatic stellate cells …