2020
Cancer-associated fibroblasts downregulate type I interferon receptor to stimulate intratumoral stromagenesis
Cho C, Mukherjee R, Peck AR, Sun Y, McBrearty N, Katlinski KV, Gui J, Govindaraju PK, Puré E, Rui H, Fuchs SY. Cancer-associated fibroblasts downregulate type I interferon receptor to stimulate intratumoral stromagenesis. Oncogene 2020, 39: 6129-6137. PMID: 32807917, PMCID: PMC7502515, DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-01424-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-associated fibroblastsFibroblast activation proteinType I interferon receptorTumor growthPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tumorsInterferon receptorKnockdown of Smad7Human colorectal cancerGrowth of tumorsSA miceColorectal cancerAdenocarcinoma tumorsSolid tumorsIFNAR1 downregulationGenetic ablationTumorsActivation proteinElevated levelsExtracellular matrixInverse correlationMiceStromagenesisIFNAR1IFNAR1 chainFAP levels
2019
An Interferon-Driven Oxysterol-Based Defense against Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles
Ortiz A, Gui J, Zahedi F, Yu P, Cho C, Bhattacharya S, Carbone CJ, Yu Q, Katlinski KV, Katlinskaya YV, Handa S, Haas V, Volk SW, Brice AK, Wals K, Matheson NJ, Antrobus R, Ludwig S, Whiteside TL, Sander C, Tarhini AA, Kirkwood JM, Lehner PJ, Guo W, Rui H, Minn AJ, Koumenis C, Diehl JA, Fuchs SY. An Interferon-Driven Oxysterol-Based Defense against Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles. Cancer Cell 2019, 35: 33-45.e6. PMID: 30645975, PMCID: PMC6336114, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-derived extracellular vesiclesMelanoma lung metastasisPre-metastatic nicheLung metastasesAdjuvant melanoma therapyAnti-hypertensive drugsUse of reserpineExtracellular vesiclesType I interferon receptorMelanoma patientsPoor prognosisCH25HMelanoma therapyIFN receptorInterferon receptorMetastasisNormal cellsHealthy cellsReceptorsUptakeCellsPatientsPrognosisReserpineTherapy