2024
Vascular mimicry as a facilitator of melanoma brain metastasis
Provance O, Oria V, Tran T, Caulfield J, Zito C, Aguirre-Ducler A, Schalper K, Kluger H, Jilaveanu L. Vascular mimicry as a facilitator of melanoma brain metastasis. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 2024, 81: 188. PMID: 38635031, PMCID: PMC11026261, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-024-05217-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular mimicryBrain metastasesMouse model of metastatic melanomaIncreased risk of metastasisAssociated with tumor volumeMelanoma brain metastasesRisk of metastasisSurvival of miceFuture treatment regimensCell line modelsTumor suppressor pathwayMetastatic melanomaTumor volumeSolid tumorsTreatment regimensTumor typesPoor prognosisHippo tumor suppressor pathwayIncreased riskMouse modelDownstream targets YAPMelanomaMetastasisSuppressor pathwayTumor
2023
Neuroendocrine lineage commitment of small cell lung cancers can be leveraged into p53-independent non-cytotoxic therapy
Biswas S, Kang K, Ng K, Radivoyevitch T, Schalper K, Zhang H, Lindner D, Thomas A, MacPherson D, Gastman B, Schrump D, Wong K, Velcheti V, Saunthararajah Y. Neuroendocrine lineage commitment of small cell lung cancers can be leveraged into p53-independent non-cytotoxic therapy. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 113016. PMID: 37597186, PMCID: PMC10528072, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall cell lung cancerNon-cytotoxic therapiesImmune checkpoint inhibitorsCell lung cancerDNA methyltransferase 1SCLC cellsCytotoxic chemotherapyLung cancerDisseminated small cell lung cancerRepression marksSurvival of miceLineage commitmentCheckpoint inhibitorsResistant therapiesMaster transcription factorMaturation arrestTherapyTranscription factorsClinical compoundsMethyltransferase 1DNMT1 knockdownChemotherapyLineage maturationTranslocation 2Neuroendocrine lineage