Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Targeting SOX10-deficient cells to reduce the dormant-invasive phenotype state in melanoma

  • Claudia Capparelli,
  • Timothy J. Purwin,
  • McKenna Glasheen,
  • Signe Caksa,
  • Manoela Tiago,
  • Nicole Wilski,
  • Danielle Pomante,
  • Sheera Rosenbaum,
  • Mai Q. Nguyen,
  • Weijia Cai,
  • Janusz Franco-Barraza,
  • Richard Zheng,
  • Gaurav Kumar,
  • Inna Chervoneva,
  • Ayako Shimada,
  • Vito W. Rebecca,
  • Adam E. Snook,
  • Kim Hookim,
  • Xiaowei Xu,
  • Edna Cukierman,
  • Meenhard Herlyn,
  • Andrew E. Aplin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28801-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Mechanisms underlying tumor cell plasticity remain poorly understood. Here, the authors show the presence of a dormant-invasive SOX10- subpopulation in cutaneous melanoma that can be targeted by cIAP1/2 inhibitors.