ArticleOncogene2023
Interferon-gamma signaling promotes melanoma progression and metastasis.
Article in Oncogene, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- iNOS is a key mediator of anti-PD-1 melanoma therapy response.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Interferon signaling pathways in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2025Review
- Radiation regulates the expression of HLA-I in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma through interferon-γ.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cytotoxic T Cells: Kill, Memorize, and Mask to Maintain Immune Homeostasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Dual role of interferon-gamma in the response of melanoma patients to immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
- Highly Multiplexed Immunofluorescence PhenoCycler Panel for Murine Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissues Yields Insight Into Tumor Microenvironment Immunoengineering.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2025Article
- Integrating cuproptosis- and ferroptosis-related gene signatures to predict prognosis, immunotherapy response, and drug sensitivity in patients with skin cutaneous melanoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Differentiation status determines the effects of IFNγ on the expression of PD-L1 and immunomodulatory genes in melanoma.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Article
- IFNγ mediates the resistance of tumor cells to distinct NK cell subsets.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2024Article
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Abstract
Interferon-gamma (IFNG) has long been regarded as the flag-bearer for the anti-cancer immunosurveillance mechanisms. However, relatively recent studies have suggested a dual role of IFNG, albeit there is no direct experimental evidence for its potential pro-tumor functions. Here we provide in vivo evidence that treatment of mouse melanoma cell lines with Ifng enhances their tumorigenicity and metastasis in lung colonization allograft assays performed in immunocompetent syngeneic host mice, but not in immunocompromised host mice. We also show that this enhancement is dependent on downstream signaling via Stat1 but not Stat3, suggesting an oncogenic function of Stat1 in melanoma. The experimental results suggest that melanoma cell-specific Ifng signaling modulates the tumor microenvironment and its pro-tumorigenic effects are partially dependent on the γδ T cells, as Ifng-enhanced tumorigenesis was inhibited in the TCR-δ knockout mice. Overall, these results show that Ifng signaling may have tumor-promoting effects in melanoma by modulating the immune cell composition of the tumor microenvironment.
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