Inhibiting DNA Methylation Causes an Interferon Response in Cancer via dsRNA Including Endogenous Retroviruses

UID: 11294

Author(s): Chan, Timothy A.*, Baylin, Stephen B., Wolchok, Jedd D.*, Chiapinelli, Katherine B., Strick, Reiner * MSK affiliated

Description
Description from dbGaP:

"We show that DNA methyltransferase inhibitors (DNMTis) upregulate immune signaling in cancer through the viral defense pathway and re-expression of epigenetically silenced endogenous retrovirus. In melanoma patients treated with an immune checkpoint therapy, high viral defense signature expression in tumors significantly associates with durable clinical response and DNMTi treatment sensitizes to anti-CTLA4 therapy in a pre-clinical melanoma model."
Subject of Study
Subject(s)
OncoTree Cancer Type(s)
Melanoma
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Accession #: phs001038.v1.p1

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Equipment Used
Illumina HiSeq 2500
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14.05 MB
Data Catalog Record Updated
2024-07-08