Overexpression of Malat1 drives metastasis through inflammatory reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment
Martinez-Terroba E, Plasek-Hegde L, Chiotakakos I, Li V, de Miguel F, Robles-Oteiza C, Tyagi A, Politi K, Zamudio J, Dimitrova N. Overexpression of Malat1 drives metastasis through inflammatory reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment. Science Immunology 2024, 9: eadh5462. PMID: 38875320, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adh5462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor microenvironmentLung adenocarcinomaMetastatic diseasePromoting metastatic diseaseGlobal chromatin accessibilityMetastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1Overexpression of MALAT1Lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1Lung adenocarcinoma metastasisCCL2 blockadeInflammatory reprogrammingEnhanced cell mobilityMacrophage depletionMechanism of actionTumor typesTumor progressionMouse modelCell mobilizationTumorLong noncoding RNAsParacrine secretionMetastasisCell linesTranscript 1Microenvironment