Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Inactivation of TGFβ receptors in stem cells drives cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

  • Patrizia Cammareri,
  • Aidan M. Rose,
  • David F. Vincent,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Ai Nagano,
  • Silvana Libertini,
  • Rachel A. Ridgway,
  • Dimitris Athineos,
  • Philip J. Coates,
  • Angela McHugh,
  • Celine Pourreyron,
  • Jasbani H. S. Dayal,
  • Jonas Larsson,
  • Simone Weidlich,
  • Lindsay C. Spender,
  • Gopal P. Sapkota,
  • Karin J. Purdie,
  • Charlotte M. Proby,
  • Catherine A. Harwood,
  • Irene M. Leigh,
  • Hans Clevers,
  • Nick Barker,
  • Stefan Karlsson,
  • Catrin Pritchard,
  • Richard Marais,
  • Claude Chelala,
  • Andrew P. South,
  • Owen J. Sansom,
  • Gareth J. Inman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12493
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas is a growing problem but the driver genes causing this remain poorly defined. Here, the authors demonstrate that inactivating driver mutations in TGFBR1 and TGFBR2occur in vemurafenib-induced and sporadic cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas.