Immune-mediated tumor evolution: Nanog links the emergence of a stem like cancer cell state and immune evasion

Chih Ping Mao, T. C. Wu, Kwon Ho Song, Tae Woo Kim

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    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 languageEnglish
    Article numbere947871
    JournalOncoImmunology
    Volume3
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 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

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