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ArticleNature communications2023

Spontaneously evolved progenitor niches escape Yap oncogene addiction in advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas.

Shigekazu Murakami, Shannon M White, Alec T McIntosh, Chan D K Nguyen, Chunling Yi

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shigekazu MurakamiLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Shannon M WhiteLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Alec T McIntoshLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7764-3608
Chan D K NguyenLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Chunling YiLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. cy232@georgetown.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7710-7362
Georgetown University · US

Funding

Tissue Culture Shared ResourceP30CA051008 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI MARCUS S NOEL · 1990 to 2026
$71.5M
TRAINING GRANT IN TUMOR BIOLOGYT32CA009686 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI ANNA Tate RIEGEL, DAVID J ROBBINS · 1996 to 2026
$10.8M
Mechanisms of Epigenetic Plasticity in PDACR01CA252223 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI YI, CHUNLING · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
Strategies to Disrupt Oncogenic Transcription in RCC TumorsR01CA263630 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI YI, CHUNLING · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
An Inducible Model for Studying Cancer Stem Cells in PDACR21CA258153 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI YI, CHUNLING · 2021 to 2021
$401k
The Oncogenic functions of YAP/TAZ in Renal Cell CarcinomaF30CA264884 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI Alec Thomas McIntosh · 2022 to 2026
$233k
Epigenetic mechanisms of gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancerF31CA247417 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI NGUYEN, CHAN D · 2020 to 2022
$100k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA264884NCI NIH HHS F31 CA247417NCI NIH HHS P30 CA051008NCI NIH HHS R01 CA252223NCI NIH HHS R01 CA263630NCI NIH HHS R21 CA258153NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009686
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lineage plasticity has been proposed as a major source of intratumoral heterogeneity and therapeutic resistance. Here, by employing an inducible genetic engineered mouse model, we illustrate that lineage plasticity enables advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumors to develop spontaneous relapse following elimination of the central oncogenic driver - Yap. Transcriptomic and immunohistochemistry analysis of a large panel of PDAC tumors reveals that within high-grade tumors, small niches of PDAC cells gradually evolve to re-activate pluripotent transcription factors (PTFs), which lessen their dependency on Yap. Comprehensive Cut&Tag analysis demonstrate that although acquisition of PTF expression is coupled with the process of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), PTFs form a core transcriptional regulatory circuitry (CRC) with Jun to overcome Yap dependency, which is distinct from the classic TGFb-induced EMT-TF network. A chemical-genetic screen and follow-up functional studies establish Brd4 as an epigenetic gatekeeper for the PTF-Jun CRC, and strong synergy between BET and Yap inhibitors in blocking PDAC growth.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalPancreatic NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionMiceNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNuclear ProteinsOncogene AddictionTranscription FactorsNuclear ProteinsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID36922511
PMCPMC10017707
OpenAlexW4327681286

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