Nature Communications (May 2018)

ADAR1-mediated regulation of melanoma invasion

  • Yael Nemlich,
  • Erez Nissim Baruch,
  • Michal Judith Besser,
  • Einav Shoshan,
  • Menashe Bar-Eli,
  • Liat Anafi,
  • Iris Barshack,
  • Jacob Schachter,
  • Rona Ortenberg,
  • Gal Markel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04600-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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In metastatic melanoma, ADAR1 is downregulated, facilitating proliferation. Here, the authors show an ADAR1-dependent and RNA-editing-independent regulation of melanoma invasion mediated by ITGB3 expression, which can be reversed when ITGB3 is blocked.