Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Transposable element expression in tumors is associated with immune infiltration and increased antigenicity

  • Yu Kong,
  • Christopher M. Rose,
  • Ashley A. Cass,
  • Alexander G. Williams,
  • Martine Darwish,
  • Steve Lianoglou,
  • Peter M. Haverty,
  • Ann-Jay Tong,
  • Craig Blanchette,
  • Matthew L. Albert,
  • Ira Mellman,
  • Richard Bourgon,
  • John Greally,
  • Suchit Jhunjhunwala,
  • Haiyin Chen-Harris

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13035-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Treatment with demethylation agents can reactivate transposable elements. Here in glioblastoma, the authors also show that this is accompanied by de novo presentation of TE-derived peptides on MHC class I molecules.