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ArticleOncoimmunology

T-cell-expressed proprotein convertase FURIN inhibits DMBA/TPA-induced skin cancer development.

Maria Vähätupa, Saara Aittomäki, Zuzet Martinez Cordova, Ulrike May, Stuart Prince, Hannele Uusitalo-Järvinen, Tero A Järvinen, Marko Pesu

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Article in Oncoimmunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maria VähätupaSchool of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Tampere , Tampere, Finland.
Saara AittomäkiImmunoregulation, BioMediTech, University of Tampere , Tampere, Finland.
Zuzet Martinez CordovaImmunoregulation, BioMediTech, University of Tampere , Tampere, Finland.
Ulrike MaySchool of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Tampere , Tampere, Finland.
Stuart PrinceSchool of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Tampere , Tampere, Finland.
Hannele Uusitalo-JärvinenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tampere University Hospital , Tampere, Finland.
Tero A JärvinenSchool of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-4027-1759
Marko PesuImmunoregulation, BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; Department of Dermatology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Tampere University · FITampere University · FITampere University Hospital · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proprotein convertases (PCSK) have a critical role in the body homeostasis as enzymes responsible for processing precursor proteins into their mature forms. FURIN, the first characterized member of the mammalian PCSK family, is overexpressed in multiple malignancies and the inhibition of its activity has been considered potential cancer treatment. FURIN has also an important function in the adaptive immunity, since its deficiency in T cells causes an impaired peripheral immune tolerance and accelerates immune responses. We addressed whether deleting FURIN from the immune cells would strengthen anticancer responses by subjecting mouse strains lacking FURIN from either T cells or macrophages and granulocytes to the DMBA/TPA two-stage skin carcinogenesis protocol. Unexpectedly, deficiency of FURIN in T cells resulted in enhanced and accelerated development of tumors, whereas FURIN deletion in macrophages and granulocytes had no effect. The epidermises of T-cell-specific FURIN deficient mice were significantly thicker with more proliferating Ki67+ cells. In contrast, there were no differences in the numbers of the T cells. The flow cytometric analyses of T-cell populations in skin draining lymph nodes showed that FURIN T-cell KO mice have an inherent upregulation of early activation marker CD69 as well as more CD4

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FURINproprotein convertasesquamous skin cancerT cellstransforming growth factor-β1

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PMCPMC5214164
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