Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

ΔNp63 regulates a common landscape of enhancer associated genes in non-small cell lung cancer

  • Marco Napoli,
  • Sarah J. Wu,
  • Bethanie L. Gore,
  • Hussein Abbas,
  • Kyubum Lee,
  • Rahul Checker,
  • Shilpa Dhar,
  • Kimal Rajapakshe,
  • Aik Choon Tan,
  • Min Gyu Lee,
  • Cristian Coarfa,
  • Elsa R. Flores

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28202-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The mechanistic role regulated by the oncogene ∆Np63 in lung cancer development is currently unclear. Here, the authors show that ΔNp63 is pro-tumorigenic in lung adenocarcinoma as well as squamous cell carcinoma, and maintains lung cancer progenitor cells via regulation of super-enhancer-associated genes, including BCL9L