| Literature DB >> 30626603 |
Carminia Maria Della Corte1, Lauren Averett Byers2.
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Mutations in STK11 (LKB1) are a major cause of primary resistance to immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Kitajima and colleagues dissect the underlying mechanism of this immune-resistant phenotype, demonstrating that LKB1 loss leads directly to suppression of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) and insensitivity to cytoplasmic double-strand DNA detection. Therapies that reactivate LKB1 or theSTING pathway may boost anticancer immune response in cancers with resistance to immune-checkpoint blockade.See related article by Kitajima et al., p. 34. ©2019 American Association for Cancer Research.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30626603 PMCID: PMC8330553 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-18-1286
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Discov ISSN: 2159-8274 Impact factor: 39.397