The integrated stress response is tumorigenic and constitutes a therapeutic liability in KRAS-driven lung cancer

oleh: Nour Ghaddar, Shuo Wang, Bethany Woodvine, Jothilatha Krishnamoorthy, Vincent van Hoef, Cedric Darini, Urszula Kazimierczak, Nicolas Ah-son, Helmuth Popper, Myriam Johnson, Leah Officer, Ana Teodósio, Massimo Broggini, Koren K. Mann, Maria Hatzoglou, Ivan Topisirovic, Ola Larsson, John Le Quesne, Antonis E. Koromilas

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01

Deskripsi

The Integrated Stress Response (ISR) is a cytoprotective pathway upregulated in many cancers. Here the authors show that the activation of PERK/p-eIF2α arm of ISR enhances ERK phosphorylation through translation repression of DUSP6, thus resulting in KRAS-driven lung tumorigenesis.