Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Arf1-mediated lipid metabolism sustains cancer cells and its ablation induces anti-tumor immune responses in mice

  • Guohao Wang,
  • Junji Xu,
  • Jiangsha Zhao,
  • Weiqin Yin,
  • Dayong Liu,
  • WanJun Chen,
  • Steven X. Hou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14046-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Cancer stem cells (CSC) have been shown as the origin for therapeutic resistance and patient relapse. Here, the authors show that targeting Arf1-mediated lipid metabolism in CSC induces cell death but also an immunogenic anti-cancer response.