Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Distinct initiating events underpin the immune and metabolic heterogeneity of KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma

  • Sarah A. Best,
  • Sheryl Ding,
  • Ariena Kersbergen,
  • Xueyi Dong,
  • Ji-Ying Song,
  • Yi Xie,
  • Boris Reljic,
  • Kaiming Li,
  • James E. Vince,
  • Vivek Rathi,
  • Gavin M. Wright,
  • Matthew E. Ritchie,
  • Kate D. Sutherland

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12164-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Lung adenocarcinomas frequently harbour KRAS mutations, of which a subset are characterized by co-mutation of KEAP1. Here the authors show, in mice, that Kras G12D mutant tumours are metabolically distinct, with a bronchiolar cell-of-origin.