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ArticleCancer research2021

Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Are a Major Source of Wnt5A in the Melanoma Microenvironment and Depend on Wnt5A for Full Suppressive Activity.

Stephen M Douglass, Mitchell E Fane, Emilio Sanseviero, Brett L Ecker, Curtis H Kugel, Reeti Behera, Vinit Kumar, Evgenii N Tcyganov, Xiangfan Yin, Qin Liu and 5 more

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Article in Cancer research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Wnt inhibition alleviates resistance to anti-PD1 therapy and improves antitumor immunity in glioblastoma.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  7. Unleashing Wnts: Wnt Ligands Fuel Cancer Spread.Journal of cancer biology · 2025
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  9. Innate Immune Cells in Melanoma: Implications for Immunotherapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  16. The value ofAnnals of translational medicine · 2022
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  17. Signal pathways of melanoma and targeted therapy.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2021
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  20. HIF2 Regulates Intestinal Wnt5a Expression.Frontiers in oncology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Stephen M DouglassDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Mitchell E FaneDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Emilio SansevieroThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Brett L EckerDepartment of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Curtis H KugelThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Reeti BeheraThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5486-3309
Vinit KumarThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Evgenii N TcyganovThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8605-7291
Xiangfan YinThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Qin LiuThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9964-580X
Yash ChhabraDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2883-4675
Gretchen M AliceaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Rejji KuruvillaDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dmitry I GabrilovichAstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Ashani T WeeraratnaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland. aweerar1@jhu.edu.
The Wistar Institute · USJohns Hopkins University · USAstraZeneca (Japan) · JPUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Translational Research Central ServicesP30CA006973 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Rosalie Wollett · 1985 to 2026
$208.6M
Tumor Microenvironment and MetastasisP30CA010815 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI Luis J Montaner · 1985 to 2026
$75.9M
Targeting the MAP and PI3 Kinase Pathways in MelanomaP01CA114046 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI MURPHY, MAUREEN E. · 2008 to 2023
$37.1M
Role of Runx2 in prostate tumorigenesis and metastasisP01CA140043 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI ALTIERI, DARIO C · 2010 to 2021
$12.2M
An integrated approach to melanoma metastasis and therapy resistance: effects of age-related changes in the ECM and the biomechanics of the skinR01CA232256 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI CUKIERMAN, EDNA, RAJ, ARJUN · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
Coupled axonal protein synthesis and lipidation in axon growth and homeostasisR01NS114478 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KURUVILLA, REJJI · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
Promotion of tumor invasion and pseudosenescence by the aging microenvironmentR01CA174746 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI WEERARATNA, ASHANI T · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
Effect of the aged microenvironment on tumor dormancyR01CA207935 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI WEERARATNA, ASHANI T · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Neurotrophic factor trafficking and signaling in development and diseaseR01NS107342 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KURUVILLA, REJJI · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
Histone modifications regulating phenotype plasticity: Role of non-canonical Wnt signalingR00CA208012 · NCI · LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI WEBSTER, MARIE RUTH · 2019 to 2021
$744k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA114046NCI NIH HHS P01 CA140043NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006973NCI NIH HHS P30 CA010815NCI NIH HHS R00 CA208012NCI NIH HHS R01 CA174746NCI NIH HHS R01 CA207935NCI NIH HHS R01 CA232256NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS107342NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS114478
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic dissemination remains a significant barrier to successful therapy for melanoma. Wnt5A is a potent driver of invasion in melanoma and is believed to be secreted from the tumor microenvironment (TME). Our data suggest that myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) in the TME are a major source of Wnt5A and are reliant upon Wnt5A for multiple actions. Knockdown of Wnt5A specifically in the myeloid cells demonstrated a clear decrease in Wnt5A expression within the TME

Indexed as

Tumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsAntigens, CDArginaseCell Line, TumorFemaleLung NeoplasmsLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 ProteinLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMelanomaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMyeloid-Derived Suppressor CellsNeoplasm InvasivenessAntigens, CDArginaseLag3 protein, mouseLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 ProteinPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorTransforming Growth Factor beta1Wnt-5a ProteinWnt5a protein, mouse

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PMID33262126
PMCPMC8330365
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