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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2025

Spatial genomics reveals cholesterol metabolism as a key factor in colorectal cancer immunotherapy resistance.

Andrew J Kavran, Yulong Bai, Brian Rabe, Anna Kreshock, Andrew Fisher, Yelena Cheng, Anne Lewin, Chao Dai, Matthew J Meyer, Konstantinos J Mavrakis and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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12 authors.

Andrew J KavranMechanisms of Cancer Resistance Thematic Research Center (TRC), Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Yulong BaiInformatics and Predictive Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Brian RabeMechanisms of Cancer Resistance Thematic Research Center (TRC), Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Anna KreshockMechanisms of Cancer Resistance Thematic Research Center (TRC), Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Andrew FisherInformatics and Predictive Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Yelena ChengMechanisms of Cancer Resistance Thematic Research Center (TRC), Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Anne LewinTranslational Medicine, Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Chao DaiMechanisms of Cancer Resistance Thematic Research Center (TRC), Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Matthew J MeyerMechanisms of Cancer Resistance Thematic Research Center (TRC), Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Konstantinos J MavrakisMechanisms of Cancer Resistance Thematic Research Center (TRC), Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Anna LyubetskayaMechanisms of Cancer Resistance Thematic Research Center (TRC), Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Eugene DrokhlyanskyMechanisms of Cancer Resistance Thematic Research Center (TRC), Bristol Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed the treatment landscape across multiple cancer types achieving durable responses for a significant number of patients. Despite their success, many patients still fail to respond to ICIs or develop resistance soon after treatment. We sought to identify early treatment features associated with ICI outcome. We leveraged the MC38 syngeneic tumor model because it has variable response to ICI therapy driven by tumor intrinsic heterogeneity. ICI response was assessed based on the level of immune cell infiltration into the tumor - a well-established clinical hallmark of ICI response. We generated a spatial atlas of 48,636 transcriptome-wide spots across 16 tumors using spatial transcriptomics; given the tumors were difficult to profile, we developed an enhanced transcriptome capture protocol yielding high quality spatial data. In total, we identified 8 tumor cell subsets (

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cholesterolcolorectal cancerimmunotherapy resistanceMC38PD-1spatial genomicsspatial transcriptomicsVisium

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PMCPMC11959564

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