Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

Resistance to chemical carcinogenesis induction via a dampened inflammatory response in naked mole-rats

  • Kaori Oka,
  • Shusuke Fujioka,
  • Yoshimi Kawamura,
  • Yoshihiro Komohara,
  • Takeshi Chujo,
  • Koki Sekiguchi,
  • Yuki Yamamura,
  • Yuki Oiwa,
  • Natsuko Omamiuda-Ishikawa,
  • Shohei Komaki,
  • Yoichi Sutoh,
  • Satoko Sakurai,
  • Kazuhito Tomizawa,
  • Hidemasa Bono,
  • Atsushi Shimizu,
  • Kimi Araki,
  • Takuya Yamamoto,
  • Yasuhiro Yamada,
  • Hiroyuki Oshiumi,
  • Kyoko Miura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03241-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Naked mole rats are found to be resistant to cancer development through dampened inflammatory response due to genetically determined impaired necroptosis, with essential necroptosis genes RIPK3 and MLKL containing mutations causing premature stop codons.