Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Sustained activation of the Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor transcription factor promotes resistance to BRAF-inhibitors in melanoma

  • Sébastien Corre,
  • Nina Tardif,
  • Nicolas Mouchet,
  • Héloïse M. Leclair,
  • Lise Boussemart,
  • Arthur Gautron,
  • Laura Bachelot,
  • Anthony Perrot,
  • Anatoly Soshilov,
  • Aljosja Rogiers,
  • Florian Rambow,
  • Erwan Dumontet,
  • Karin Tarte,
  • Alban Bessede,
  • Gilles J. Guillemin,
  • Jean-Christophe Marine,
  • Michael S. Denison,
  • David Gilot,
  • Marie-Dominique Galibert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06951-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Resistance to BRAF inhibitors limits their clinical benefit in melanoma patients. Here, the authors show that the Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) is a key mediator of resistant genes and use resveratrol, an AhR antagonist, to revert resistance in melanoma bearing mice.