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ArticleNature communications2020

Tumor heterogeneity and clonal cooperation influence the immune selection of IFN-γ-signaling mutant cancer cells.

Jason B Williams, Shuyin Li, Emily F Higgs, Alexandra Cabanov, Xiaozhong Wang, Haochu Huang, Thomas F Gajewski

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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86citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Bridging Radiotherapy to Immunotherapy: The IFN-JAK-STAT Axis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jason B Williams *Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States.
Shuyin Li *Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States.
Emily F HiggsDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States.
Alexandra CabanovDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States.
Xiaozhong WangDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States.
Haochu HuangDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States.
Thomas F GajewskiDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States. tgajewsk@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
University of Chicago · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

VIRAL ONCOLOGY CORE FACILITYP30CA014599 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI MARK W. LINGEN · 1985 to 2026
$122.1M
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)T32HD007009 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI NANCY B SCHWARTZ · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007090 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Peter Aidan Savage · 1985 to 2026
$11.7M
Overcoming resistance to anti-PD1 immunotherapyR35CA210098 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI THOMAS F GAJEWSKI · 2017 to 2026
$10.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014599NCI NIH HHS R35 CA210098NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007090NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PD-1/PD-L1 blockade can promote robust tumor regression yet secondary resistance often occurs as immune selective pressure drives outgrowth of resistant tumor clones. Here using a genome-wide CRISPR screen in B16.SIY melanoma cells, we confirm Ifngr2 and Jak1 as important genes conferring sensitivity to T cell-mediated killing in vitro. However, when implanted into mice, these Ifngr2- and Jak1-deficient tumors paradoxically are better controlled immunologically. This phenotype maps to defective PD-L1 upregulation on mutant tumor cells, which improves anti-tumor efficacy of CD8

Indexed as

Genetic HeterogeneitySignal TransductionAnimalsB7-H1 AntigenCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationClone CellsCRISPR-Cas SystemsCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHumansImmunomodulationInterferon-gammaLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMutationB7-H1 AntigenCd274 protein, mouseInterferon-gamma

Identifiers

PMID32001684
PMCPMC6992737
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