Immune cell–poor melanomas benefit from PD-1 blockade after targeted type I IFN activation

T Bald, J Landsberg, D Lopez-Ramos, M Renn… - Cancer discovery, 2014 - AACR
Infiltration of human melanomas with cytotoxic immune cells correlates with spontaneous
type I IFN activation and a favorable prognosis. Therapeutic blockade of immune-inhibitory …

[HTML][HTML] Are conventional type 1 dendritic cells critical for protective antitumor immunity and how?

JC Cancel, K Crozat, M Dalod, R Mattiuz - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Dendritic cells (DCs) are endowed with a unique potency to prime T cells, as well as to
orchestrate their expansion, functional polarization and effector activity in non-lymphoid …

[PDF][PDF] miR-30b/30d regulation of GalNAc transferases enhances invasion and immunosuppression during metastasis

A Gaziel-Sovran, MF Segura, R Di Micco, MK Collins… - Cancer cell, 2011 - cell.com
To metastasize, a tumor cell must acquire abilities such as the capacity to colonize new
tissue and evade immune surveillance. Recent evidence suggests that microRNAs can …

[HTML][HTML] Unique ectopic lymph node-like structures present in human primary colorectal carcinoma are identified by immune gene array profiling

D Coppola, M Nebozhyn, F Khalil, H Dai… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
We hypothesized that immune gene-related signatures would predict the presence of
unique histological features of lymphoid cell infiltrates in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) that …

Small-sample precision of ROC-related estimates

B Hanczar, J Hua, C Sima, J Weinstein, M Bittner… - …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: The receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves are commonly used in
biomedical applications to judge the performance of a discriminant across varying decision …

The role of PGC1α in cancer metabolism and its therapeutic implications

Z Tan, X Luo, L Xiao, M Tang, AM Bode, Z Dong… - Molecular cancer …, 2016 - AACR
PGC1α is a transcription factor coactivator that influences a majority of cellular metabolic
pathways. Abnormal expression of PGC1α is associated with several chronic diseases and …

[PDF][PDF] Histone variant H2A. Z. 2 mediates proliferation and drug sensitivity of malignant melanoma

C Vardabasso, A Gaspar-Maia, D Hasson, S Pünzeler… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Histone variants are emerging as key regulatory molecules in cancer. We report a unique
role for the H2A. Z isoform H2A. Z. 2 as a driver of malignant melanoma. H2A. Z. 2 is highly …

Prognostic and predictive significance of immune cells infiltrating cutaneous melanoma

A Ladányi - Pigment cell & melanoma research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment is shaped by interactions between malignant cells and host
cells representing an integral component of solid tumors. Host cells, including elements of …

ATP-dependent Lon protease controls tumor bioenergetics by reprogramming mitochondrial activity

PM Quirós, Y Espanol, R Acín-Pérez, F Rodríguez… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
We generated mice deficient in Lon protease (LONP1), a major enzyme of the mitochondrial
quality control machinery. Homozygous deletion of Lonp1 causes early embryonic lethality …

Metabolic rewiring in melanoma

BI Ratnikov, DA Scott, AL Osterman, JW Smith… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Oncogene-driven metabolic rewiring is an adaptation to low nutrient and oxygen conditions
in the tumor microenvironment that enables cancer cells of diverse origin to hyperproliferate …