2021
5‐Fluorouracil efficacy requires anti‐tumor immunity triggered by cancer‐cell‐intrinsic STING
Tian J, Zhang D, Kurbatov V, Wang Q, Wang Y, Fang D, Wu L, Bosenberg M, Muzumdar MD, Khan S, Lu Q, Yan Q, Lu J. 5‐Fluorouracil efficacy requires anti‐tumor immunity triggered by cancer‐cell‐intrinsic STING. The EMBO Journal 2021, 40: embj2020106065. PMID: 33615517, PMCID: PMC8013832, DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020106065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-tumor immunityTumor burdenSubsequent type I interferon productionHigh STING expressionIntratumoral T cellsT-cell depletionType I interferon productionI interferon productionLoss of STINGImmunocompetent hostsColorectal specimensT cellsSTING expressionBetter survivalHigh doseTherapeutic effectivenessHuman colorectal specimensMelanoma tumorsInterferon productionChemotherapeutic drugsMurine colonImmunityEfficacyStingsColon
2018
Adaptive and Reversible Resistance to Kras Inhibition in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Chen PY, Muzumdar M, Dorans KJ, Robbins R, Bhutkar A, Del Rosario A, Mertins P, Qiao J, Schafer AC, Gertler F, Carr S, Jacks T. Adaptive and Reversible Resistance to Kras Inhibition in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Cancer Research 2018, 78: 985-1002. PMID: 29279356, PMCID: PMC5837062, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-2129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMurine PDAC cellsPDAC cellsNontranscriptional mechanismsKRAS inhibitorsGlobal phosphoproteomic profilingActivated KRASHallmark genetic alterationsTranscriptional changesPhosphoproteomic profilingCell signalingCell statesPathway componentsTumor-initiating capacityPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaTemporal controlGenetic alterationsCell morphologyMechanistic directionsKras expressionKrasCellsProliferative kineticsInhibitorsNovel KRAS inhibitorsAdherence properties