Abstract
Tumor cells undergo molecular evolution under immune pressure. Using a murine metastatic lung cancer model, we recently reported that evolutionary pressure enforced through vaccination incites gain of Nanog, a master transcription factor that mediates both emergence of a stem-like cancer cell state and immune evasion. Thus, therapeutic strategies aiming to blunt NANOG's expression in patient tumors may improve the clinical management of cancer.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e947871 |
Journal | OncoImmunology |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by funding from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2013M3A9D3045881, NRF-2012R1A2A2A01007527) and the Korea Healthcare technology R&D Project (A062260).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords
- Cytotoxic T lymphocytes
- Immune surveillance
- Immune-resistant
- Nanog
- Stem-like phenotype
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Immunology
- Oncology