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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Tumor-associated stroma shapes the spatial tumor immune microenvironment of primary Ewing sarcomas.

Christopher Kuo, Krinio Giannikou, Nuoya Wang, Mikako Warren, Andrew Goodspeed, Nick Shillingford, Masanori Hayashi, Micha Sam Brickman Raredon, James F Amatruda

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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9 authors.

Christopher KuoCancer and Blood Disease Institute, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles.ORCID 0000-0002-6222-147X
Krinio GiannikouCancer and Blood Disease Institute, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Nuoya WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Mikako WarrenDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Andrew GoodspeedUniversity of Colorado Cancer Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
Nick ShillingfordDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Masanori HayashiDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
Micha Sam Brickman RaredonDepartment of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.ORCID 0000-0003-1441-6122
James F AmatrudaCancer and Blood Disease Institute, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles.ORCID 0000-0002-9901-2137

Funding

USC/NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER (CORE) SUPPORTP30CA014089 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Fumito Ito · 1985 to 2026
$181.4M
University of Colorado Cancer Center Support Grant - Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts with Autologous Human Immune SystemsP30CA046934 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James V Degregori · 1988 to 2026
$117.0M
Technical Development Unit 2: Intelligent Hyperspectral Imaging of Subcellular Molecular States at the Whole Organ LevelU54CA268072 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SEAN J MORRISON · 2021 to 2026
$9.1M
Research Training in AnesthesiaT32GM086287 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ROBERT SCHONBERGER · 2009 to 2026
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014089NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046934NCI NIH HHS U54 CA268072NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM086287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, few studies have detailed the tumor microenvironment (TME) of Ewing sarcoma (EwS). The TME has a vital role in cancer survival and progression with implications in drug resistance and immune escape. By performing spatially resolved transcriptomic analysis of primary treatment-naïve EwS samples, we discovered greater stromal enrichment in localized EwS tumors compared to metastatic EwS tumors. Through spatial ligand-receptor analysis, we show that the stromal enriched regions harbor unique extracellular matrix related cytokines, immune recruitment and proinflammatory microenvironmental signals, implying EwS stroma may play an anti-tumorigenic role by acting as an immune recruitment center. All EwS tumors expressed pro-tumorigenic MIF-CD74 immune signaling, suggesting a potential immune-evasive mechanism and immunotherapy target. Our findings provide insight into tumor cell/stromal cell interactions in EwS and serve as a valuable resource for further investigations in the tumor immune microenvironment of EwS.

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PMCPMC11838416

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