Nature Communications (May 2018)

In vivo reprogramming drives Kras-induced cancer development

  • Hirofumi Shibata,
  • Shingo Komura,
  • Yosuke Yamada,
  • Nao Sankoda,
  • Akito Tanaka,
  • Tomoyo Ukai,
  • Mio Kabata,
  • Satoko Sakurai,
  • Bunya Kuze,
  • Knut Woltjen,
  • Hironori Haga,
  • Yatsuji Ito,
  • Yoshiya Kawaguchi,
  • Takuya Yamamoto,
  • Yasuhiro Yamada

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04449-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Cellular reprogramming and cancer development share properties. Here, the authors examine the impact of in vivo reprogramming on Kras-induced cancer and show reprogramming-mediated repression of somatic cell enhancers in conjunction with Kras mutation results in rapid PDAC development.