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Kras and tumor immunity: friend or foe?

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Cullis, Jane, Das, Shipra, Bar-Sagi, Dafna·2018·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

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With the recent breakthroughs in immunotherapy as curative treatments in certain tumor types, there has been renewed interest in the relationship between immunity and tumor growth.Although we are gaining a greater understanding of the complex interplay of immune modulating components in the tumor microenvironment, the specific role that tumor cells play in shaping the immune milieu is still not well characterized.In this review, we focus on how mutant Kras tumor cells contribute to tumor immunity, with a specific focus on processes induced directly or indirectly by the oncogene. KRAS' IMMUNOLOGISTICSThe discovery that oncogenic Kras could induce nuclear factor (NF)-κB activation in fibroblasts and epithelial cells provided the first direct evidence of its capacity to drive proinflammatory signaling in transformed cells (Finco et al. 1997;

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  • KRAS mutant cancers are immunosuppressive because oncogenic K-Ras signaling induces expression of immune modulatory factors such as interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor β, promoting an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.

    “KRAS mutant cancers are immunosuppressive in nature because oncogenic K-Ras signaling induces the expression of immune modulatory factors, such as interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor β to promote an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.93”

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Authors
Cullis, J., Das, S., & Bar-Sagi, D.
Affiliations
New York University (US)
Venue
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine
Published
2017-12-11
Volume
8
Issue
9
Pages
a031849
ISSN
2157-1422 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2772685043
Cited by
85
References
159
Citations by year
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Type
posted content
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • American Association for Cancer Research (SU2C/AACR DT-14-14, 13-90-25-VOND)
  • Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
  • Lustgarten Foundation (SU2C-AACR-DT14-14)
  • Entertainment Industry Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C-AACR-DT14-14)
  • National Cancer Institute (T32CA009161, R35CA210263)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (T32AI100853)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
Keywords
KRAS, antitumor immunity, oncogenic KRAS, tumor microenvironment, NF-κB signaling, pro-inflammatory signaling, cancer-associated fibroblasts, tumor immunosuppression, cancer immunotherapy
MeSH terms
Humans, Immunotherapy, Mutation, Neoplasms, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Gene Regulatory Networks, Tumor Microenvironment

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