Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Causative role of PDLIM2 epigenetic repression in lung cancer and therapeutic resistance

  • Fan Sun,
  • Liwen Li,
  • Pengrong Yan,
  • Jingjiao Zhou,
  • Steven D. Shapiro,
  • Gutian Xiao,
  • Zhaoxia Qu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13331-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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PDLIM2 is repressed epigenetically in lung cancers, which are frequently resistant to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 and chemotherapy. Here, the authors describe the mechanism through which epigenetic restoration of PDLIM2 synergises with anti-PD-1 and chemotherapy in lung cancers.