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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2018

Targeting tumor cell plasticity by combined inhibition of NOTCH and MAPK signaling in colon cancer.

Eva Marina Schmidt, Sebastian Lamprecht, Cristina Blaj, Christian Schaaf, Stefan Krebs, Helmut Blum, Heiko Hermeking, Andreas Jung, Thomas Kirchner, David Horst

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eva Marina SchmidtPathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6577-7513
Sebastian LamprechtPathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8601-7476
Cristina BlajPathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Christian SchaafPathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Stefan KrebsLaboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Helmut BlumLaboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Heiko HermekingPathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Andreas JungPathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5270-9108
Thomas KirchnerPathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
David HorstPathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4755-5743
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In colorectal cancer, signaling pathways driving tumor progression are promising targets for systemic therapy. Besides WNT and MAPK signaling, activation of NOTCH signaling is found in most tumors. Here, we demonstrate that high NOTCH activity marks a distinct colon cancer cell subpopulation with low levels of WNT and MAPK activity and with a pronounced epithelial phenotype. Therapeutic targeting of MAPK signaling had limited effects on tumor growth and caused expansion of tumor cells with high NOTCH activity, whereas upon targeting NOTCH signaling, tumor cells with high MAPK activity prevailed. Lineage-tracing experiments indicated high plasticity between both tumor cell subpopulations as a mechanism for treatment resistance. Combined targeting of NOTCH and MAPK had superior therapeutic effects on colon cancer growth in vivo. These data demonstrate that tumor cells may evade systemic therapy through tumor cell plasticity and provide a new rationale for simultaneous targeting of different colon cancer cell subpopulations.

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Cell PlasticityMAP Kinase Signaling SystemAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageCell Line, TumorColonic NeoplasmsDisease ProgressionEpithelial CellsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHEK293 CellsHumansMiceMolecular Targeted TherapyPhenotypePrognosisReceptors, Notch

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PMID29769248
PMCPMC5987917
OpenAlexW2803712873

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