Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Myeloid-derived interleukin-1β drives oncogenic KRAS-NF-κΒ addiction in malignant pleural effusion

  • Antonia Marazioti,
  • Ioannis Lilis,
  • Malamati Vreka,
  • Hara Apostolopoulou,
  • Argyro Kalogeropoulou,
  • Ioanna Giopanou,
  • Georgia A. Giotopoulou,
  • Anthi C. Krontira,
  • Marianthi Iliopoulou,
  • Nikolaos I. Kanellakis,
  • Theodora Agalioti,
  • Anastasios D. Giannou,
  • Celestial Jones-Paris,
  • Yoichiro Iwakura,
  • Dimitrios Kardamakis,
  • Timothy S. Blackwell,
  • Stavros Taraviras,
  • Magda Spella,
  • Georgios T. Stathopoulos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03051-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a life-threatening cancer-related disorder. Here, the authors show that KRAS-mutant tumor cells require IKKα, activated via host-provided IL-1β, to promote MPE development and that co-inhibition of both KRAS and IKKα ameliorates the development of MPE in mouse models.