iScience,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
27(10), P. 110921 - 110921
Published: Sept. 12, 2024
Bladder
Ewing
sarcoma/primitive
neuroectodermal
tumor
(bladder
ES/PNET)
is
a
rare
and
highly
malignant
associated
with
poor
prognosis,
yet
its
underlying
mechanisms
remain
poorly
understood.
Here,
we
employed
combination
of
single-cell
RNA
sequencing
(scRNA-seq),
spatial
transcriptomics
(ST),
functional
analyses
to
delve
into
the
pathogenesis
bladder
ES/PNET.
The
investigation
revealed
presence
specialized
types
epithelial
cells
(referred
as
ES-Epi)
mast
ES-Mast)
within
ES/PNET
in
comparison
urothelial
carcinoma.
Notably,
TNFRSF12A
exhibited
significant
upregulation
Furthermore,
possessed
ability
activate
through
TNFSF12-TNFRSF12A
ligand-receptor
signaling
pattern.
In
addition,
Enavatuzumab
can
significantly
inhibit
migratory
sarcoma
cell
line
RD-ES.
This
groundbreaking
study
provides
unprecedented
mechanistic
insights
progression
introduces
potential
therapeutic
avenue
for
treating
this
challenging
malignancy.
Nature Biotechnology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 21, 2024
Spatially
resolved
gene
expression
profiling
provides
insight
into
tissue
organization
and
cell-cell
crosstalk;
however,
sequencing-based
spatial
transcriptomics
(ST)
lacks
single-cell
resolution.
Current
ST
analysis
methods
require
RNA
sequencing
data
as
a
reference
for
rigorous
interpretation
of
cell
states,
mostly
do
not
use
associated
histology
images
are
capable
inferring
shared
neighborhoods
across
multiple
tissues.
Here
we
present
Starfysh,
computational
toolbox
using
deep
generative
model
that
incorporates
archetypal
any
known
type
markers
to
characterize
or
new
tissue-specific
states
without
reference.
Starfysh
improves
the
characterization
dynamics
in
complex
tissues
enables
comparison
niches
hubs
Integrative
primary
estrogen
receptor
(ER)-positive
breast
cancer,
triple-negative
cancer
(TNBC)
metaplastic
(MBC)
led
identification
with
patient-
disease-specific
compositions
revealed
metabolic
reprogramming
shaping
immunosuppressive
aggressive
MBC.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 16, 2024
Abstract
Immune
checkpoint
inhibition
has
shown
success
in
treating
metastatic
cutaneous
melanoma
but
limited
efficacy
against
uveal
melanoma,
a
rare
variant
arising
from
the
immune
privileged
eye.
To
better
understand
this
resistance,
we
comprehensively
profile
100
human
metastases
using
clinicogenomics,
transcriptomics,
and
tumor
infiltrating
lymphocyte
potency
assessment.
We
find
that
over
half
of
these
harbor
lymphocytes
with
potent
autologous
specificity,
despite
low
mutational
burden
resistance
to
prior
immunotherapies.
However,
observe
strikingly
intratumoral
T
cell
receptor
clonality
within
microenvironment
even
after
harness
quiescent
lymphocytes,
develop
transcriptomic
biomarker
enable
vivo
identification
ex
liberation
counter
their
growth
suppression.
Finally,
demonstrate
adoptive
transfer
transcriptomically
selected
can
promote
immunity
patients
when
other
immunotherapies
are
incapable.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Jan. 7, 2025
Comprehensive
genomic
profiling
(CGP)
is
increasingly
used
as
a
clinical
laboratory
test
and
being
applied
to
cancer
treatment;
however,
standardization
external
quality
assessments
(EQA)
have
not
been
fully
developed.
This
study
performed
cost-effective
EQA
proficiency
tests
(PT)
for
CGP
testing
among
multiple
institutions
those
belong
the
working
group
of
Japan
Association
Clinical
Laboratory
Science
(JACLS).
revealed
that
preanalytical
processes,
such
derived
nucleic
acids
(NA)
extraction
from
formalin
fixed
paraffine
embedded
(FFPE)
samples,
are
critical.
First,
with
extracted
DNA
cell
lines
showed
detection
rate
100%
(9
out
9)
in
KRAS
(c.38G
>
A;
p.G13D),
PIK3CA
(p.H1047R),
B-Raf
proto-oncogene,
serine/threonine
kinase
(BRAF)
(c.1799
T
p.V600E)
cases
10%
variant
allele
frequency
(VAF).
However,
BRAF
decreased
67%
(6
VAF
4.9%.
Second,
when
was
FFPE
pathogenic
variants
companion
diagnostic
indications
were
detected
all
10
participating
laboratories.
Each
had
<
20%
VAFs
on
average
(8.1–19.1%)
wide
variability
laboratories
observed
(relative
standard
deviation,
13–60%).
Nonetheless,
(c.1798_1799delinsAA;
p.V600K)
8.1%
VAF,
EGFR
(c.2235_2249del;
p.E746_A750del)
9.7%
(c.2254_2277del;
p.S752_I759del)
9.8%
70%
(7/10),
60%
(6/10)
frequency,
respectively.
Therefore,
pre-analytic
processing
critical
analysis.
Further,
incorrect
results
reported
case
independent
calling
BRAF;
c.1798_1799delinsAA
(p.V600K)
mistakenly
interpreted
c.1798G
A,
c.1799
A
other
strand.
In
conclusion,
EQA/PT
institutes
common
samples
importance
pre-analysis
helped
us
understand
significance
pipeline
pitfalls
usually
ignored
by
internal
control
single
institute.
Cancer Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
84(13), P. 2123 - 2140
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Recurrent
abnormalities
in
immune
surveillance-related
genes
affect
the
progression
of
diffuse
large
B-cell
lymphoma
(DLBCL)
and
modulate
response
to
therapeutic
interventions.
CD58
interacts
with
CD2
receptor
on
T
cells
NK
is
recurrently
mutated
deleted
DLBCL,
suggesting
that
it
may
play
a
role
regulating
antitumor
immunity.
In
this
study,
we
comprehensively
analyzed
genomic
characteristics
through
targeted
next-generation
sequencing,
RNA
sequencing
(RNA-seq),
whole-exome
single-cell
RNA-seq
patients
newly
diagnosed
DLBCL.
The
mutation
rate
was
9.1%,
copy
number
loss
44.7%
among
all
enrolled
Notably,
genetic
alterations,
along
low
expression,
significantly
correlated
reduced
rates
R-CHOP
therapy
inferior
progression-free
survival
overall
survival.
Single-cell
revealed
expression
tumor
negatively
CD8+
T-cell
exhaustion/dysfunction
status.
Insufficient
activation
resulting
from
alterations
could
not
be
attributed
solely
signaling.
inhibited
activity
JAK2/STAT1
pathway
by
activating
LYN/CD22/SH2
domain-containing
phosphatase
1
(SHP1)
axis,
thereby
limiting
PDL1
IDO
expression.
Elevated
CD58-deficient
DLBCL
led
evasion
tumor-intrinsic
resistance
chimeric
antigen
therapy.
Direct
CD58-CD2
costimulatory
signaling
combination
anti-PDL1
blockade
or
inhibitor
sensitized
Collectively,
work
identified
multiple
roles
responses
Significance:
Loss
mediates
upregulating
LYN/CD22/SHP1
signaling,
providing
potential
targets
strategies
improve
patient
treatment.