Pan-inhibition of super-enhancer-driven oncogenic transcription by next-generation synthetic ecteinascidins yields potent anti-cancer activity by Max Cigrang, Julian Obid, Maguelone Nogaret, Léane Seno, Tao Ye, Guillaume Davidson, Philippe Catez, Pietro Berico, Clara Capelli, Clara Marechal, Amélie Zachayus, Clémence Elly, Marie Jose Guillen Navarro, Marta Martinez Diez, Gema Santamaria Nunez, Tsai-Kun Li, Emmanuel Compe, Pablo Avilés, Irwin Davidson, Jean-Marc Egly, Carmen Cuevas, Frédéric Coin

“…Consequently, these compounds exhibit cytotoxic activity across distinct subpopulations of metastatic melanoma cells and inhibit tumor proliferation, including those resistant to current therapies. …”
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Deep learning uncovers histological patterns of YAP1/TEAD activity related to disease aggressiveness in cancer patients by Benoit Schmauch, Vincent Cabeli, Omar Darwiche Domingues, Jean-Eudes Le Douget, Alexandra Hardy, Reda Belbahri, Charles Maussion, Alberto Romagnoni, Markus Eckstein, Florian Fuchs, Aurélie Swalduz, Sylvie Lantuejoul, Hugo Crochet, François Ghiringhelli, Valentin Derangere, Caroline Truntzer, Harvey Pass, Andre L. Moreira, Luis Chiriboga, Yuanning Zheng, Michael Ozawa, Brooke E. Howitt, Olivier Gevaert, Nicolas Girard, Elton Rexhepaj, Iris Valtingojer, Laurent Debussche, Emanuele de Rinaldis, Frank Nestle, Emmanuel Spanakis, Valeria R. Fantin, Eric Y. Durand, Marion Classe, Katharina Von Loga, Elodie Pronier, Matteo Cesaroni

“…Summary: Over the last decade, Hippo signaling has emerged as a major tumor-suppressing pathway. Its dysregulation is associated with abnormal expression of YAP1 and TEAD-family genes. …”
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The diagnostic value and validation of IL-22 combined with sCD40L in tuberculosis pleural effusion by Yuzhen Xu, Jing Wu, Qiuju Yao, Qianqian Liu, Huaxin Chen, Bingyan Zhang, Yuanyuan Liu, Sen Wang, Lingyun Shao, Wenhong Zhang, Qinfang Ou, Yan Gao

“…The concentrations of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17 A, IL-17 F, IL-21, IL-22, IL-25, IL-31, IL-33, interferon-γ (IFN-γ), soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in pleural effusion were measured using a multiplex cytokine assay. …”
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Sorafenib as Adjuvant Therapy Post–Liver Transplant: A Single-center Experience by Hala Hassanain, MD, Ashton A. Connor, MD, PhD, Elizabeth W. Brombosz, PhD, Khush Patel, MD, MS, Ahmed Elaileh, MD, Tamneet Basra, MD, Sudha Kodali, MD, MSPH, David W. Victor, III, MD, Caroline J. Simon, MD, Yee Lee Cheah, MD, Mark J. Hobeika, MD, Constance M. Mobley, MD, PhD, Ashish Saharia, MD, Sadhna Dhingra, MD, Mary Schwartz, MD, Anaum Maqsood, MD, Kirk Heyne, MD, Ahmed O. Kaseb, MD, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD, A. Osama Gaber, MD, Maen Abdelrahim, MD, PhD, R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD

“…Adjuvant sorafenib recipients were demographically similar to nonrecipients and, on explant pathology, had greater tumor burden, lymphovascular invasion, and poorer differentiation (all P < 0.001). …”
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Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy up-regulates PD-L1 in radioresistant colorectal cancer by Sung Uk Bae, Hye Won Lee, Jee Young Park, Incheol Seo, Jae-Min Cho, Jin Young Kim, Ju Yup Lee, Yoo Jin Lee, Seong Kyu Baek, Nam Kyu Kim, Sang Jun Byun, Shin Kim

“…Results: Patients were classified by tumor regression grade into responders (grade 2; 9 patients, 37.5 %) and non-responders (grades 3, 4, or 5; 15 patients, 62.5 %). …”
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KRASG12C‐inhibitor‐based combination therapies for pancreatic cancer: insights from drug screening by Constanza Tapia Contreras, Jonas Dominik Falke, Dana‐Magdalena Seifert, Carolin Schneider, Lukas Krauß, Xin Fang, Denise Müller, Engin Demirdizen, Melanie Spitzner, Tiago De Oliveira, Christian Schneeweis, Jochen Gaedcke, Silke Kaulfuß, Kimia Mirzakhani, Bernd Wollnik, Karly Conrads, Tim Beißbarth, Gabriela Salinas, Jonas Hügel, Nils Beyer, Sophia Rheinländer, Ulrich Sax, Matthias Wirth, Lena‐Christin Conradi, Maximilian Reichert, Volker Ellenrieder, Philipp Ströbel, Michael Ghadimi, Marian Grade, Dieter Saur, Elisabeth Hessmann, Günter Schneider

“…Our findings propose strategies to enhance KRASG12C‐inhibitor efficacy, guiding clinical trial design and molecular tumor boards.…”
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Neoadjuvant anti-PD1 immunotherapy for surgically accessible recurrent glioblastoma: clinical and molecular outcomes of a stage 2 single-arm expansion cohort by J. Ricardo McFaline-Figueroa, Lu Sun, Gilbert C. Youssef, Raymond Huang, Gang Li, Jiyoon Kim, Eudocia Q. Lee, Lakshmi Nayak, Ugonma Chukwueke, Rameen Beroukhim, Tracy T. Batchelor, E. Antonio Chiocca, Richard G. Everson, Lisa Doherty, Jennifer Stefanik, Kathryn Partridge, Amanda Spearman, Alexa Myers, Catharina Westergaard, Alyssa Russ, Maria Lavallee, Anna Smokovich, Corey LaForest-Roys, Rachel Garcia Fox, Christine McCluskey, Wenya Linda Bi, Omar Arnaout, PierPaolo Peruzzi, G. Rees Cosgrove, Keith L. Ligon, Isabel Arrillaga-Romany, Jennifer L. Clarke, David A. Reardon, Timothy F. Cloughesy, Robert M. Prins, Patrick Y. Wen

“…To increase the power of this observation, we enrolled an additional 25 patients with a primary endpoint of evaluating the cell cycle gene signature associated with neoadjuvant pembrolizumab and performed bulk-RNA seq on resected tumor tissue (NCT02852655). Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab was associated with suppression of cell cycle/cancer proliferation genes and upregulation of T-cell/interferon-related gene expression. …”
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Super‐Enhancer‐Driven IRF2BP2 is Activated by Master Transcription Factors and Sustains T‐ALL Cell Growth and Survival by Juanjuan Yu, Zimu Zhang, Yanling Chen, Jianwei Wang, Gen Li, Yanfang Tao, Yongping Zhang, Yang Yang, Chenyue Zhang, Tiandan Li, Jia Cheng, Tongtign Ji, Zhongling Wei, Wenjuan Wang, Fang Fang, Wei Jiang, Peipei Chu, Hongli Yin, Di Wu, Xiaolu Li, Xiaodong Wang, Jun‐Jie Fan, Shaoyan Hu, Zhen‐Hong Zhu, Shuiyan Wu, Jun Lu, Jian Pan

“…Identifying SE‐driven oncogenes in tumors and understanding their functional mechanisms is of significant importance. …”
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Serum Neuropeptide Y Levels Are Associated with TNF-α Levels and Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Melissa Ramirez-Villafaña, Ana M. Saldaña-Cruz, Javier A. Aceves-Aceves, Edsaul E. Perez-Guerrero, Nicté S. Fajardo-Robledo, Edy D. Rubio-Arellano, Cesar A. Nava-Valdivia, Maria O. Carrillo-Escalante, Sylvia E. Totsuka-Sutto, David Cardona-Müller, Betsabe Contreras-Haro, Mario Salazar-Paramo, Ernesto G. Cardona-Muñoz, M. Huerta, Jorge I. Gamez-Nava, Norma A. Rodriguez-Jimenez, Laura Gonzalez-Lopez

“…Therefore, we evaluate if NPY levels are markers of disease activity in RA and if there is a correlation between NPY levels and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), leptin, and interleukin 6 (IL-6) levels. …”
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Comprehensive Cellular Senescence Evaluation to Aid Targeted Therapies by Xiaolan Zhou, Xiaofeng Zhu, Weixu Wang, Jing Wang, Haimei Wen, Yuqi Zhao, Jiayu Zhang, Qiushi Xu, Zhaozhao Zhao, Ting Ni

“…Our analysis revealed that tumors with higher cellular senescence scores exhibited increased sensitivity to targeted drugs. …”
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Real‐world effectiveness and safety of oral azvudine versus nirmatrelvir‒ritonavir (Paxlovid) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study by Haiyu Wang, Guangying Cui, Ming Cheng, Tuerganaili Aji, Guotao Li, Xinjun Hu, Guangming Li, Shixi Zhang, Yanyang Zhang, Linqi Diao, Pan Li, Ling Wang, Yiqiang Yuan, Guowu Qian, Ruiqing Zhang, Xiaoli Jin, Juan Wang, Hong Luo, Donghua Zhang, Mingming Wang, Silin Li, Zhan Song, Mengzhao Yang, Guanyue Su, Ranran Sun, Junbiao Chang, Zujiang Yu, Zhigang Ren

“…Single-cell RNA sequencing was performed to elucidate the tumor immune landscape after azvudine treatment. …”
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Differential Role of NKG2A/HLA-E Interaction in the Outcomes of Bladder Cancer Patients Treated with <i>M. bovis</i> BCG or Other Therapies by Inmaculada Ruiz-Lorente, Lourdes Gimeno, Alicia López-Abad, Pedro López Cubillana, Tomás Fernández Aparicio, Lucas Jesús Asensio Egea, Juan Moreno Avilés, Gloria Doñate Iñiguez, Pablo Luis Guzmán Martínez-Valls, Gerardo Server, Belén Ferri, José Antonio Campillo, María Victoria Martínez-Sánchez, Alfredo Minguela

“…The HLA-B −21M/T genotype was an independent predictive parameter of the progression-free survival (HR = 2.08, <i>p</i> = 0.01) and the OS (HR = 2.059, <i>p</i> = 0.039) of BC patients treated with BCG, together with age and tumor histopathologic characteristics. The MM genotype was associated with higher counts of circulating CD56^bright, fewer KIR2DL1/L2⁺ NK cells, and lower NKG2A expression, but not with differential in vitro NK cell functionality. …”
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EDF1 accelerates ganglioside GD3 accumulation to boost CD52-mediated CD8+ T cell dysfunction in neuroblastoma by Di Li, Meng Li, Zhenjian Zhuo, Huiqin Guo, Weixin Zhang, Yile Xu, Hai-Yun Wang, Jiabin Liu, Huimin Xia, Huiran Lin, Jue Tang, Jing He, Lei Miao

“…Dysfunction and apoptosis in immune cells result from the exposure to continuous tumor-related antigen stimulation and coinhibitory signals. …”
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TP53 germline testing and hereditary cancer: how somatic events and clinical criteria affect variant detection rate by Paula Rofes, Carmen Castillo-Manzano, Mireia Menéndez, Álex Teulé, Sílvia Iglesias, Elisabet Munté, Mireia Ramos-Muntada, Carolina Gómez, Eva Tornero, Esther Darder, Eva Montes, Laura Valle, Gabriel Capellá, Marta Pineda, Joan Brunet, Lidia Feliubadaló, Jesús del Valle, Conxi Lázaro

“…Abstract Background Germline heterozygous pathogenic variants (PVs) in TP53 cause Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS), a condition associated with increased risk of multiple tumor types. As the associated cancer risks were refined over time, clinical criteria also evolved to optimize diagnostic yield. …”
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Global esophageal cancer epidemiology in 2022 and predictions for 2050: A comprehensive analysis and projections based on GLOBOCAN data by Ling Qi, Mengfei Sun, Weixin Liu, Xuefeng Zhang, Yongjun Yu, Ziqiang Tian, Zhiyu Ni, Rongshou Zheng, Yong Li, Xiangxiang Pan

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Therapeutic effects of composite probiotics derived from fermented camel milk on metabolic dysregulation and intestinal barrier integrity in type 2 diabetes rats by Tabusi Manaer, Tabusi Manaer, Tabusi Manaer, Tabusi Manaer, Jialehasibieke Sailike, Xin Sun, Baheban Yeerjiang, Baheban Yeerjiang, Baheban Yeerjiang, Baheban Yeerjiang, Xinhua Nabi, Xinhua Nabi, Xinhua Nabi, Xinhua Nabi

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Pancreatic cancer cells infiltrate nerves through TGFbeta1-driven perineural epithelial-to-mesenchymal-like transdifferentiation by Theresa Krauss, Ibrahim Halil Gürcinar, Ulrike Bourquain, Maren Hieber, Evelyn N. Krohmer, Nan Wu, Sergey Tokalov, Rüdiger Goess, Carmen Mota Reyes, Dieter Saur, Helmut Friess, Güralp O. Ceyhan, Ihsan Ekin Demir, Okan Safak

“…This study aimed to investigate the role of epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) in perineural epithelial cells during neural invasion.Histopathological analysis of human and murine primary tumors using perineurium-specific GLUT1 antibody revealed a reduction in perineural integrity, which positively correlated with the extent of neural invasion in human PDAC cases. …”
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Peripheral blood immunoinflammatory biomarkers: prospective predictors of postoperative long-term survival and chronic postsurgical pain in breast cancer by Baoli Li, Li Che, Huixian Li, Fangdi Min, Bolun Ai, Linxin Wu, Taihang Wang, Peixin Tan, Bingbing Fu, Jiashuo Yang, Yi Fang, Hui Zheng, Tao Yan

“…BackgroundTumor progression and chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) in patients with breast cancer are both significantly influenced by inflammation. …”
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Integrated proteogenomic characterization of ampullary adenocarcinoma by Qiao Zhang, Xiaomeng Xu, Dongxian Jiang, Yunzhi Wang, Haixing Wang, Jiajun Zhu, Shaoshuai Tang, Ronghua Wang, Shuang Zhao, Kai Li, Jinwen Feng, Hang Xiang, Zhenmei Yao, Ning Xu, Rundong Fang, Wenjia Guo, Yu Liu, Yingyong Hou, Chen Ding

“…Immune clustering identifies three immune clusters and reveals that immune cluster M1 (macrophage infiltration cluster) and M3 (DC cell infiltration cluster), which exhibit a higher immune score compared to cluster M2 (CD4+ T-cell infiltration cluster), are associated with a poor prognosis due to the potential secretion of IL-6 by tumor cells and its consequential influence. This study provides a comprehensive proteogenomic analysis for seeking for better understanding and potential treatment of AMPAC.…”
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The involvement of CgCaspase-3 in regulating the expressions of proinflammatory cytokines through NF-κB/Rel signaling pathway in oysters by Zihan Wang, Xiaopeng Li, Jiejie Sun, Shuyi Mu, Wei Wu, Renle Chang, Lingling Wang, Linsheng Song

“…The mRNA expressions of interleukins 17s (CgIL17–2, CgIL17–3, and CgIL17–6), tumor necrosis factor-1 (CgTNF-1), high mobility group box-1 protein (CgHMGB1) and interferon-like protein (CgIFNLP) were significantly decreased in haemocytes of CgCaspase-3-RNAi or CgRel-RNAi oysters, respectively. …”
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