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ArticleNature genetics2024

In vivo CRISPR screens identify a dual function of MEN1 in regulating tumor-microenvironment interactions.

Peiran Su, Yin Liu, Tianyi Chen, Yibo Xue, Yong Zeng, Guanghui Zhu, Sujun Chen, Mona Teng, Xinpei Ci, Mengdi Guo and 30 more

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Article in Nature genetics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

40 authors.

Peiran Su *Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Yin Liu *Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Tianyi Chen *Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Yibo XuePrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Yong ZengPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5719-1272
Guanghui ZhuPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1495-4238
Sujun ChenPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1941-3951
Mona TengDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Xinpei CiPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mengdi GuoPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Michael Y HePrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2235-2758
Jun HaoPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8989-8771
Vivian ChuDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Wenxi XuPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Shiyan WangPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Parinaz MehdipourLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4476-9925
Xin XuPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4670-1243
Sajid A MarhonPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1046-9852
Fraser SoaresPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3977-7939
Nhu-An PhamPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3063-0292
Bell Xi WuDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Peter Hyunwuk HerDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Shengrui FengDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Najd AlshamlanPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Maryam KhalilPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rehna KrishnanPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Fangyou YuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Chang ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2841-1250
Francis BurrowsKura Oncology Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Razqallah HakemDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mathieu LupienDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Shane HardingDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Benjamin H LokDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Catherine O'BrienDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Alejandro BerlinPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1880-6905
Daniel D De CarvalhoDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
David G BrooksPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Daniel SchramekDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9977-2104
Ming-Sound TsaoDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ming.Tsao@uhn.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9160-5405
Housheng Hansen HeDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. hansenhe@uhnresearch.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2898-3363

Funding

Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) 142246, 152863,152864,159567,438793Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) FDN-148395National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31801111Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation (PMCF) 886012001223Terry Fox Research Institute (Institut de Recherche Terry Fox) 1090, 1124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Functional genomic screens in two-dimensional cell culture models are limited in identifying therapeutic targets that influence the tumor microenvironment. By comparing targeted CRISPR-Cas9 screens in a two-dimensional culture with xenografts derived from the same cell line, we identified MEN1 as the top hit that confers differential dropout effects in vitro and in vivo. MEN1 knockout in multiple solid cancer types does not impact cell proliferation in vitro but significantly promotes or inhibits tumor growth in immunodeficient or immunocompetent mice, respectively. Mechanistically, MEN1 knockout redistributes MLL1 chromatin occupancy, increasing H3K4me3 at repetitive genomic regions, activating double-stranded RNA expression and increasing neutrophil and CD8

Indexed as

CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCRISPR-Cas SystemsHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseProto-Oncogene ProteinsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceMyeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia ProteinNeoplasmsHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseKMT2A protein, humanMEN1 protein, humanMyeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia ProteinProto-Oncogene Proteins

Identifiers

PMID39227744
PMCPMC11387198

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