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Single-Cell View of Tumor Microenvironment Gradients in Pleural Mesothelioma.
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- Identification of disulfidptosis-related molecular subtypes in pleural mesothelioma demonstrates a correlation with the immune infiltration, prognosis and therapy efficacy.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Cellular hallmarks and aging clock of the human lung parenchyma.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Genomic landscape of pleural mesothelioma in Japanese patients: A comprehensive analysis using nationwide database.Translational oncology · 2026Article
- Tumor DNA methylation subtypes predict immunotherapy outcomes in pleural mesothelioma patients in the NIBIT-EPI-MESO study.Nature genetics · 2026Article
- Moving Beyond Morphology: Toward a Morpho-Molecular Classification of Pleural Mesothelioma.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2026Review
- Multiomic, Histologic, and scRNA-seq Profiling of Pleural Mesothelioma Reveals Negative Prognosis Associated With a Novel Uncommitted Molecular Phenotype.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2026Article
- Multi-omics integration reveals tumor and microenvironmental heterogeneity in malignant pleural mesothelioma.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Pathobiology and clinical significance of malignant pleural effusions.EMBO molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Rejuvenated Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell-Engineered CAR-Armored Natural Killer T Cells for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Reprogramming the tumor microenvironment in mesothelioma: from immune suppression to therapeutic opportunity.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Multi-omics integration in malignant pleural mesothelioma: from molecular evolution and immune ecosystems to precision therapy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Lack of resolution of inflammation marks malignant pleural mesothelioma progression.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Development of potent Affitin-based bispecific NK cell engagers for the therapy of MSLN-expressing cancers.Molecular therapy. Oncology · 2025Article
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- A cellular and spatial atlas of TP53-associated tissue remodeling defines a multicellular tumor ecosystem in lung adenocarcinoma.Nature cancer · 2025Article
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Abstract
Immunotherapies have shown great promise in pleural mesothelioma (PM), yet most patients still do not achieve significant clinical response, highlighting the importance of improving the understanding of the tumor microenvironment (TME). Here, we utilized high-throughput, single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to de novo identify 54 expression programs and construct a comprehensive cellular catalog of the PM TME. We found four cancer-intrinsic programs associated with poor disease outcome and a novel fetal-like, endothelial cell population that likely responds to VEGF signaling and promotes angiogenesis. Across cellular compartments, we observe substantial difference in the TME associated with a cancer-intrinsic sarcomatoid signature, including enrichment in fetal-like endothelial cells, CXCL9+ macrophages, and cytotoxic, exhausted, and regulatory T cells, which we validated using imaging and bulk deconvolution analyses on independent cohorts. Finally, we show, both computationally and experimentally, that NKG2A:HLA-E interaction between NK and tumor cells represents an important new therapeutic axis in PM, especially for epithelioid cases. Significance: This manuscript presents the first single-cell RNA sequencing atlas of PM tumor microenvironment. Findings of translational relevance, validated experimentally and using independent bulk cohorts, include identification of gene programs predictive of survival, a fetal-like endothelial cell population, and NKG2A blockade as a promising new immunotherapeutic intervention in PM.
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