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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2026

Cellular plasticity as a therapeutic vulnerability: HNF4α is a key target in lung adenocarcinoma.

Raymond Ho, Jason C Mills

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2026. 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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Raymond HoDepartment of Molecular and Precision Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jason C MillsDepartment of Molecular and Precision Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Abstract

Cells use plasticity programs to change lineages, which aids in tissue regeneration and remodeling but also allows aberrant cells to become cancerous and escape therapy. For example, tumor cells in invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma (IMA) emerge from lung epithelial cells by a plasticity program that reprograms them into gastric epithelium-like cells. In this issue of the JCI, Dadzie et al. show that hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 α (HNF4α) promotes gastric identity in lung epithelial cells via a mechanism involving restriction of FOXA1 and FOXA2 transcription factors to gastric gene enhancer loci. HNF4α also promotes resistance to KRAS inhibition by increasing nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) activity. These findings may advance therapeutic avenues in IMA.

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AdenocarcinomaCell PlasticityHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4Lung NeoplasmsAdenocarcinoma of LungAnimalsHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-betaHumansNF-E2-Related Factor 2Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)FOXA2 protein, humanHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-betaHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4HNF4A protein, humanKRAS protein, humanNFE2L2 protein, humanNF-E2-Related Factor 2Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)

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PMID42383354
PMCPMC13318105

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