Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

ARID1A mutations confer intrinsic and acquired resistance to cetuximab treatment in colorectal cancer

  • Radia M. Johnson,
  • Xueping Qu,
  • Chu-Fang Lin,
  • Ling-Yuh Huw,
  • Avinashnarayan Venkatanarayan,
  • Ethan Sokol,
  • Fang-Shu Ou,
  • Nnamdi Ihuegbu,
  • Oliver A. Zill,
  • Omar Kabbarah,
  • Lisa Wang,
  • Richard Bourgon,
  • Felipe de Sousa e Melo,
  • Chris Bolen,
  • Anneleen Daemen,
  • Alan P. Venook,
  • Federico Innocenti,
  • Heinz-Josef Lenz,
  • Carlos Bais

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33172-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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ARID1A is an epigenetic regulator mutated in approximately 5% of non-hypermutated colorectal cancer tumors, however, its relationship with treatment response remains to be explored. Here, the authors suggest that ARID1A mutations may confer intrinsic and acquired resistance to cetuximab treatment.