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ReviewClinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia2025

Meeting Report From the 2024 Symposium on IRAK4 in Cancer: Highlights and Clinical Updates.

Eric S Winer, Marina Konopleva, Han W Tun, Kian-Huat Lim, Bently Doonan, Klaus H Metzeler, Lakshmi Nayak, Andrés J M Ferreri, Christina von Roemeling, Grzegorz S Nowakowski and 1 more

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Review in Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Updates in low/intermediate-risk MDS.Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Eric S WinerDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Marina KonoplevaDepartment of Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, Bronx, NY.
Han W TunDepartment of Hematology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL.
Kian-Huat LimDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Bently DoonanDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL.
Klaus H MetzelerHematology, Cell Therapy and Hemostaseology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany.
Lakshmi NayakCenter for CNS Lymphoma, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Andrés J M FerreriLymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Christina von RoemelingDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL.
Grzegorz S NowakowskiDivision of Hematology, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rochester, MN.
Guillermo Garcia-ManeroDepartment of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: ggarciam@mdanderson.org.

Funding

SToP Cancer SPORE: Developmental Research ProgramP50CA257911 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Jen Jen Yeh · 2022 to 2026
$12.9M
IRAK4 AS A NOVEL IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC TARGET IN PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMAR37CA219697 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI LIM, KIAN H · 2018 to 2024
$2.4M
Targeting tumor innate immune signaling in pancreatic cancerR01CA219697 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Kian-Huat Lim · 2025 to 2026
$790k
Evaluation of IRAK4 As A Novel Therapeutic Target in Colorectal CancerR21CA223112 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI LIM, KIAN H · 2018 to 2019
$359k
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA257911NCI NIH HHS R01 CA219697NCI NIH HHS R21 CA223112NCI NIH HHS R37 CA219697
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK4) is a serine/threonine kinase that mediates interleukin-1 and Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling. IRAK4 drives the activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), which promotes cell survival, inflammation, and proliferation. Aberrant activation of IRAK4 and TLR signaling has been implicated in multiple malignancies. At the 3rd Annual IRAK4 in Cancer Symposium, experts discussed the role of IRAK4 in cancer biology, the potential for synergism between IRAK4 inhibition and other treatments to overcome resistance, and how IRAK4 inhibition may improve clinical outcomes. Preclinical data were presented demonstrating the activity of IRAK4 inhibition alone or in combination with other anticancer agents in acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, primary central nervous system lymphoma, melanoma brain metastases, gastrointestinal cancers, and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Clinical data from the targeted small-molecule IRAK4 inhibitor emavusertib (CA-4948) were presented, including data from the TakeAim Leukemia and TakeAim Lymphoma trials of emavusertib in myeloid and lymphoid malignancies, respectively, and preliminary data from trials of emavusertib in multiple solid tumors. The meeting closed with expert discussion of the emerging profile of IRAK4 inhibition in cancers and the potential for IRAK4 inhibition to improve outcomes across both solid and liquid tumors.

Indexed as

Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated KinasesNeoplasmsHumansInterleukin-1 Receptor-Associated KinasesIRAK4 protein, humanAMLCA-4948EmavusertibMDSPCNSL

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PMID40634180
PMCPMC13198726

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