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ArticleNature communications2023

Epigenetic state determines the in vivo efficacy of STING agonist therapy.

Rana Falahat, Anders Berglund, Patricio Perez-Villarroel, Ryan M Putney, Imene Hamaidi, Sungjune Kim, Shari Pilon-Thomas, Glen N Barber, James J Mulé

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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 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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.

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55 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Rana FalahatDepartment of Immunology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7489-3807
Anders BerglundDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0393-3530
Patricio Perez-VillarroelDepartment of Immunology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Ryan M PutneyDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Imene HamaidiDepartment of Immunology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Sungjune KimDepartment of Immunology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7100-1252
Shari Pilon-ThomasDepartment of Immunology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Glen N BarberDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
James J MuléDepartment of Immunology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA. James.Mule@moffitt.org.ORCID 0000-0001-7354-0516

Funding

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHP30CA076292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI Christine O'Connell · 1998 to 2026
$93.5M
Tissue, Pathology and BioinformaticsP50CA168536 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI MULE, JAMES J. · 2013 to 2017
$8.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA076292NCI NIH HHS P50 CA168536
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While STING-activating agents have shown limited efficacy in early-phase clinical trials, multiple lines of evidence suggest the importance of tumor cell-intrinsic STING function in mediating antitumor immune responses. Although STING signaling is impaired in human melanoma, its restoration through epigenetic reprogramming can augment its antigenicity and T cell recognition. In this study, we show that reversal of methylation silencing of STING in murine melanoma cell lines using a clinically available DNA methylation inhibitor can improve agonist-induced STING activation and type-I IFN induction, which, in tumor-bearing mice, can induce tumor regression through a CD8

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Antineoplastic AgentsInterferon Type IMelanomaAnimalsEpigenesis, GeneticHumansImmunityMiceAntineoplastic AgentsInterferon Type I

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PMID36949064
PMCPMC10033671

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