Valen Zhuoyou Yu, Shan Shan So, Bryan Chee-Chad Lung, George Zhaozheng Hou, Carissa Wing-Yan Wong, Larry Ka-Yue Chow, Michael King-Yung Chung, Ian Yu-Hong Wong, Claudia Lai-Yin Wong, Desmond Kwan-Kit Chan, Fion Siu-Yin Chan, Betty Tsz-Ting Law, Kaiyan Xu, Zack Zhen Tan, Ka-On Lam, Anthony Wing-Ip Lo, Alfred King-Yin Lam, Dora Lai-Wan Kwong, Josephine Mun-Yee Ko, Wei Dai, Simon Law, Maria Li Lung
Tumor protein p63 isoform ΔNp63 plays roles in the squamous epithelium and squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs), including esophageal SCC (ESCC). By integrating data from cell lines and our latest patient-derived organoid cultures, derived xenograft models, and clinical sample transcriptomic analyses, we identified a novel and robust oncogenic role of ΔNp63 in ESCC. We showed that ΔNp63 maintains the repression of cancer cell endogenous retrotransposon expression and cellular double-stranded RNA sensing...
May 30, 2024: Cancer Letters