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ArticleOncoimmunology2021

Cancer-specific type-I interferon receptor signaling promotes cancer stemness and effector CD8+ T-cell exhaustion.

Wang Gong, Christopher R Donnelly, Blake R Heath, Emily Bellile, Lorenza A Donnelly, Hülya F Taner, Luke Broses, J Chad Brenner, Steven B Chinn, Ru-Rong Ji and 6 more

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Article in Oncoimmunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Wang GongDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Christopher R DonnellyDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2487-8881
Blake R HeathDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Emily BellileDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Lorenza A DonnellyDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Hülya F TanerDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Luke BrosesDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
J Chad BrennerUniversity of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Steven B ChinnUniversity of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Ru-Rong JiCenter for Translational Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9355-3688
Haitao WenDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Jacques E NörUniversity of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Jie WangDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Gregory T WolfUniversity of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Yuying XieDepartment of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Yu Leo LeiDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9868-9824
University of Michigan · USDuke University · USMichigan State University · USRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · USThe Ohio State University · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

XenograftP30CA046592 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI THEODORE S LAWRENCE · 1988 to 2026
$178.2M
RESEARCH TRAINING IN EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOPATHOLOGYT32AI007413 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Bethany B. Moore · 1993 to 2026
$9.8M
Immuno-Oncology Translation Network: Data Management and Resource-Sharing Center at RPCIU24CA232979 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI HUTSON, ALAN DAVID, LIU, SONG · 2018 to 2024
$8.9M
INTEGRATED TRAINING IN ANESTHESIOLOGY RESEARCHT32GM008600 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Miriam Treggiari · 1996 to 2026
$6.6M
Salivary gland cancer stem cellsR01DE021139 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Jacques Eduardo Nor · 2011 to 2026
$5.8M
Restoring the Immunogenicity of Head and Neck CancerR01DE026728 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Yu Leo Lei, James J. Moon · 2018 to 2026
$4.3M
Robust Immuno-prevention Strategies for High-Risk Oral Epithelial DysplasiaU01DE029255 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BRENNER, JOHN CHADWICK, LEI, YU LEO · 2019 to 2021
$4.2M
New Engineering Strategy for Harnessing Immune System against Head and Neck CancerR01DE030691 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LEI, YU LEO, MOON, JAMES J. · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Development of a Prognostic Compound Immunoscore for Head and Neck CancerR03DE027399 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LEI, YU LEO, XIE, YUYING · 2018 to 2019
$338k
NLR and Oral Cancer Immune EscapeF31DE028740 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HEATH, BLAKE · 2019 to 2021
$92k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046592NCI NIH HHS U24 CA232979NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007413NIDCR NIH HHS F31 DE028740NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE021139NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE026728NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE030691NIDCR NIH HHS R03 DE027399NIDCR NIH HHS U01 DE029255NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type-I interferon (IFN-I) signaling is critical to maintaining antigen-presenting cell function for anti-tumor immunity. However, recent studies have suggested that IFN-I signaling may also contribute to more aggressive phenotypes, raising the possibility that IFN-I downstream signaling in cancer and myeloid cells may exert dichotomous functions.We analyzed the clinicopathologic correlation of cancer-specific IFN-I activation in 195 head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients. We also characterized the immune impact of IFN-I receptor (IFNAR1)-deficiency in syngeneic tumor models using biochemistry, flow cytometry, and single-cell RNA-Seq. We stained HNSCC tissue microarrays with a sensitive IFN-I downstream signaling activation marker, MX1, and quantitated cancer cell-specific MX1 staining. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that MX1-high tumors exhibited worse survival, a phenotype that depends on the number of CD8

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CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHead and Neck NeoplasmsAnimalsHumansMiceSignal TransductionSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neckhead and neck cancerifnar1stemnesssting1Type-I interferon

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