Cited by 437Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZCancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersCancer-related molecular mechanisms research

YAP/TAZ Signaling and Resistance to Cancer Therapy

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Nguyen, Chan D.K., Yi, Chunling·2019·Trends in Cancer

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Drug resistance is a major challenge in cancer treatment. Emerging evidence indicates that deregulation of YAP/TAZ signaling may be a major mechanism of intrinsic and acquired resistance to various targeted and chemotherapies. Moreover, YAP/TAZ-mediated expression of PD-L1 and multiple cytokines is pivotal for tumor immune evasion. While direct inhibitors of YAP/TAZ are still under development, FDA-approved drugs that indirectly block YAP/TAZ activation or critical downstream targets of YAP/TAZ have shown promise in the clinic in reducing therapy resistance. Finally, BET inhibitors, which reportedly block YAP/TAZ-mediated transcription, present another potential venue to overcome YAP/TAZ-induced drug resistance.

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  • Dysregulation of the Hippo-YAP/TAZ pathway is a central resistance mechanism in various tumors to multiple targeted therapies, chemotherapies, hormonal therapies, and immunotherapies.

    “Emerging evidence suggests that dysregulation of the Hippo-YAP/TAZ pathway is a central resistance mechanism in various tumors to multiple targeted therapies, chemotherapies, hormonal therapies, and immunotherapies (23–27).”

    From YAP/TAZ mediates resistance to KRAS inhibitors through inhibiting proapoptosis and activating the SLC7A5/mTOR axis (2024) · cites this paper as [23]

    The sections on targeted therapy and chemotherapy support YAP/TAZ involvement in resistance across multiple malignancies. The targeted-therapy section lists hormonal drugs but does not establish YAP/TAZ-mediated resistance to them, while the Concluding Remarks say its relevance to immunotherapy resistance has not been formally confirmed. No page numbers are provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • YAP/TAZ pathway activation is a known resistance mechanism to RAF V600E and MEK inhibitors.

    “YAP/TAZ pathway activation is also a known mechanism of resistance to other targeted therapies, including RAF V600E and MEK inhibitors (36).”
  • Earlier work links the YAP/TAZ/TEAD pathway to resistance to other targeted therapies, including MEK and BRAF V600E inhibitors.

    “These findings comport with previous results implicating the YAP/TAZ/TEAD pathway in resistance to other targeted therapies (40,41) including MEKi and BRAF V600E inhibitors (36,55).”

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  1. [144]Janse van Rensburg HJ (2018) The Hippo Pathway Component TAZ Promotes Immune Evasion in Human Cancer through PD-L1. Cancer Res 78, 1457– 1470 29339539
  2. [157]Sorrentino G (2014) Metabolic control of YAP and TAZ by the mevalonate pathway. Nat. Cell Biol 16, 357– 366 24658687

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Authors
Nguyen, C. D. K., & Yi, C.
Affiliations
Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Yi, Chunling
Venue
Trends in Cancer
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-05
Volume
5
Issue
5
Pages
283-296
ISSN
  • 2405-8025 (ISSN-L)
  • 2405-8033
OpenAlex
W2923661246
Cited by
437
References
180
Citations by year
2026: 56 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 85 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 4
FWCI
4.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Trends in cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • NIH (R01CA187090)
  • Cancer Center Support (CA051008)
  • DF/HCC Kidney Cancer SPORE (CA101942)
  • V foundation
  • Toulmin Pilot Award
  • Sher Grant
  • Advocure foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Keywords
YAP/TAZ signaling, drug resistance, cancer therapy resistance, PD-L1 expression, tumor immune evasion, cytokine expression, BET inhibitors, transcriptional regulation, chemoresistance, targeted therapy resistance
MeSH terms
Acyltransferases, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Neoplasms, Transcription Factors, Biomarkers, Tumor, Signal Transduction, Cell Cycle Proteins, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Molecular Targeted Therapy

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