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ArticleCancers2023

MET Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition Reduces Interferon-Gamma (IFN-γ)-Stimulated PD-L1 Expression through the STAT3 Pathway in Melanoma Cells.

Kyu Young Song, Yong Hwan Han, Heidi Roehrich, Mary E Brown, Carlos Torres-Cabala, Alessio Giubellino

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kyu Young SongDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7313-514X
Yong Hwan HanMicroscopy and Cell Analysis Core, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Heidi RoehrichDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2232-9494
Mary E BrownUniversity Imaging Centers, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2740-9119
Carlos Torres-CabalaMD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7422-0661
Alessio GiubellinoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5352-0662
University of Minnesota · USMayo Clinic in Florida · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma is the leading cause of death from cutaneous malignancy. While targeted therapy and immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors have significantly decreased the mortality rate of this disease, advanced melanoma remains a therapeutic challenge. Here, we confirmed that interferon-gamma (IFN-γ)-induced PD-L1 expression in melanoma cell lines. This increased expression was down-regulated by the reduction in phosphorylated STAT3 signaling via MET tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment. Furthermore, immunoprecipitation and confocal immunofluorescence microscopy analysis reveals MET and PD-L1 protein-protein interaction and colocalization on the cell surface membrane of melanoma cells. Together, these findings demonstrate that the IFN-γ-induced PD-L1 expression in melanoma cells is negatively regulated by MET inhibition through the JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway and establish the colocalization and interaction between an RTK and a checkpoint protein in melanoma cells.

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immunotherapymelanomaMETPD-L1STAT3tyrosine kinase inhibitors

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PMID37444518
PMCPMC10340457
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