2024
ASCL1 Drives Tolerance to Osimertinib in EGFR Mutant Lung Cancer in Permissive Cellular Contexts.
Hu B, Wiesehöfer M, de Miguel F, Liu Z, Chan L, Choi J, Melnick M, Arnal Estape A, Walther Z, Zhao D, Lopez-Giraldez F, Wurtz A, Cai G, Fan R, Gettinger S, Xiao A, Yan Q, Homer R, Nguyen D, Politi K. ASCL1 Drives Tolerance to Osimertinib in EGFR Mutant Lung Cancer in Permissive Cellular Contexts. Cancer Research 2024, 84: 1303-1319. PMID: 38359163, PMCID: PMC11142404, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-23-0438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTyrosine kinase inhibitorsPatient-derived xenograftsEGFR mutant lung cancerMutant lung cancerPre-treatment tumorsResidual diseaseDrug toleranceLung cancerResidual tumor cells in vivoEGFR mutant lung adenocarcinomaTyrosine kinase inhibitor osimertinibEGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitorsTyrosine kinase inhibitor treatmentTumor cells in vivoMutant lung adenocarcinomaMaximal tumor regressionTranscription factor Ascl1Drug-tolerant cellsTime of maximal responseEvidence of cellsCells in vivoOsimertinib treatmentTumor regressionSingle cell transcriptional profilingTumor cellsEGFR-Driven Lung Adenocarcinomas Co-opt Alveolar Macrophage Metabolism and Function to Support EGFR Signaling and Growth.
Kuhlmann-Hogan A, Cordes T, Xu Z, Kuna R, Traina K, Robles-Oteíza C, Ayeni D, Kwong E, Levy S, Globig A, Nobari M, Cheng G, Leibel S, Homer R, Shaw R, Metallo C, Politi K, Kaech S. EGFR-Driven Lung Adenocarcinomas Co-opt Alveolar Macrophage Metabolism and Function to Support EGFR Signaling and Growth. Cancer Discovery 2024, of1-of22. PMID: 38270272, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-23-0434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLung adenocarcinomaGM-CSFEGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinomaT cell-based immunotherapyTransformed epitheliumOncogenic signalingGM-CSF secretionProinflammatory immune responseSuppress tumor progressionLocal immunosuppressionStatin therapyTherapeutic combinationsNovel therapiesTumor cellsTumor progressionTumor growthLung cancerLung adenocarcinoma cellsEGFR phosphorylationImmune responseImmunological supportCancer cellsInflammatory functionsAlveolar macrophagesIncreased cholesterol synthesisEGFR-driven lung adenocarcinomas coopt alveolar macrophage metabolism and function to support EGFR signaling and growth.
Kuhlmann-Hogan A, Cordes T, Xu Z, Kuna R, Traina K, Robles-Oteiza C, Ayeni D, Kwong E, Levy S, Globig A, Nobari M, Cheng G, Leibel S, Homer R, Shaw R, Metallo C, Politi K, Kaech S. EGFR-driven lung adenocarcinomas coopt alveolar macrophage metabolism and function to support EGFR signaling and growth. Cancer Discovery 2024, 14: 524-545. PMID: 38241033, PMCID: PMC11258210, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-23-0434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLung adenocarcinomaGM-CSFEGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinomaGM-CSF secretionProinflammatory immune responseSuppress tumor progressionLocal immunosuppressionStatin therapyTherapeutic combinationsNovel therapiesTumor cellsTumor progressionTumor growthLung adenocarcinoma cellsEGFR phosphorylationImmune responseTransformed epitheliumCancer cellsInflammatory functionsEGFR signalingMacrophage metabolismAlveolar macrophagesIncreased cholesterol synthesisMetabolic supportOncogenic signaling
2019
Transcriptomic Hallmarks of Tumor Plasticity and Stromal Interactions in Brain Metastasis
Wingrove E, Liu Z, Patel K, Arnal‐Estape A, Melnick M, Politi K, Monteiro C, Zhu L, Valiente M, Kluger H, Chiang V, Nguyen D. Transcriptomic Hallmarks of Tumor Plasticity and Stromal Interactions in Brain Metastasis. The FASEB Journal 2019, 33: 368.8-368.8. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.368.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain tumor microenvironmentBrain metastasesTumor microenvironmentTumor cellsLung adenocarcinomaTumor lesionsBrain metastatic tumor cellsBreast cancer brain metastasesHuman tumorsExpression of TIM3Cancer brain metastasesMetastatic brain tumorsExpression of astrocytesIntra-arterial injectionTumor-associated macrophagesSyngeneic model systemModels of melanomaFull-text articlesMetastatic tumor cellsCNS metastasesNeuroinflammatory responseBrain lesionsLung tumorsT cellsAthymic mice