Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

A GATA4-regulated secretory program suppresses tumors through recruitment of cytotoxic CD8 T cells

  • Rupesh S. Patel,
  • Rodrigo Romero,
  • Emma V. Watson,
  • Anthony C. Liang,
  • Megan Burger,
  • Peter M. K. Westcott,
  • Kim L. Mercer,
  • Roderick T. Bronson,
  • Eric C. Wooten,
  • Arjun Bhutkar,
  • Tyler Jacks,
  • Stephen J. Elledge

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27731-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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GATA-binding protein 4 (GATA4) is reported to control cell proliferation in cancers. Here the authors show that GATA4’s pro-inflammatory secretome promotes the recruitment of immune cells such as CD8 + T cells to suppress tumour initiation and growth in a non-cell autonomous manner.