Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Discovery of a signaling feedback circuit that defines interferon responses in myeloproliferative neoplasms

  • Diana Saleiro,
  • Jeremy Q. Wen,
  • Ewa M. Kosciuczuk,
  • Frank Eckerdt,
  • Elspeth M. Beauchamp,
  • Chidera V. Oku,
  • Gavin T. Blyth,
  • Mariafausta Fischietti,
  • Liliana Ilut,
  • Marco Colamonici,
  • William Palivos,
  • Paula A. Atsaves,
  • Dean Tan,
  • Masha Kocherginsky,
  • Rona Singer Weinberg,
  • Eleanor N. Fish,
  • John D. Crispino,
  • Ronald Hoffman,
  • Leonidas C. Platanias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29381-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Interferon alpha (IFNalpha) therapy is showing promising results to treat myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). Here, the authors show that IFNalpha response requires ULK1 phosphorylation to induce p38-MAPK signalling but it is counteracted by ROCK1-2 activation suggesting combination therapy of IFNalpha-ROCK1-2 inhibition may improve MPNs treatment.