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ArticleScience advances2026

Autocrine TGFβ2 enforces a transcriptionally hybrid cell state in Ewing sarcoma.

Emma D Wrenn, Jacob C Harris, April A Apfelbaum, Jonah R Valenti, Patricia A Lipson, Stephanie I Walter, Nicolas M Garcia, Aya Miyaki, Steven C Chen, Jim M Olson and 3 more

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Article in Science advances, 2026. 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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13 authors.

Emma D WrennBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9643-457X
Jacob C HarrisBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-4345-762X
April A ApfelbaumDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Jonah R ValentiBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
Patricia A LipsonBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6398-5068
Stephanie I WalterBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
Nicolas M GarciaBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3717-5520
Aya MiyakiBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-6748-4595
Steven C ChenBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-5269-7383
Jim M OlsonBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5990-6534
Jason P PriceBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kelly M BaileyDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3925-3243
Elizabeth R LawlorBen Towne Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2350-1540

Funding

Regulation and function of HOX genes in Ewing sarcoma pathogenesisR01CA215981 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LAWLOR, ELIZABETH R · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
DNA Damage and Immunogenicity in Ewing SarcomaK08CA252178 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BAILEY, KELLY · 2021 to 2025
$765k
The role of HOXD13 in controlling Ewing sarcoma cell plasticity and metastasisF31CA247104 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI APFELBAUM, APRIL · 2021 to 2022
$66k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA247104NCI NIH HHS K08 CA252178NCI NIH HHS R01 CA215981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Subpopulations of cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF)-like tumor cells deposit extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins that support Ewing sarcoma (EwS) progression and metastasis. We previously showed a hallmark of CAF-like EwS cells is their hybrid transcriptional state wherein the driver fusion oncogene, EWS::FLI1, maintains activation of proliferative programs but loses capacity to repress mesenchymal genes. Here, we studied primary patient tumors and cell line models to identify molecular drivers of this hybrid state. Our data reveal that hybrid EwS cells are induced and maintained by a transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) signaling positive feedback loop. Hybrid cells derepress

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Autocrine CommunicationSarcoma, EwingTranscription, GeneticTransforming Growth Factor beta2Cell Line, TumorCell ProliferationExtracellular MatrixGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansOncogene Proteins, FusionProto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IIRNA-Binding Protein EWSSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor beta1EWS-FLI fusion proteinOncogene Proteins, FusionProto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IIRNA-Binding Protein EWSTGFBR2 protein, humanTransforming Growth Factor beta1Transforming Growth Factor beta2

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PMID41564188
PMCPMC12822632

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