Anirban Maitra:  New Insights Into Targeted Therapy Sensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer
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Anirban Maitra: New Insights Into Targeted Therapy Sensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer

Anirban Maitra, Director of Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health, shared on X:

”KRASG12D-targeted therapy sensitivity depends on interferon signaling activation in Pancreatic Cancer.

Highlighting the role MYC plays in dampening intrinsic interferon signaling and KRASi response.

Anirban Maitra: New Insights Into Targeted Therapy Sensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer

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Title: KRASG12D-targeted therapy sensitivity depends on interferon signaling activation in pancreatic cancer

Authors: Yehan Zhang, Shijie Tang, Yi Zhang, Jiahui Liu, Xiaohan Shi, Yikai Li, Yunguang Li, Huan Wang, Chaoliang Zhong, Maoyuan Sun, Wenjie Li, Yiqin Zhu, Weiwei Yang, Yun Zhao, Shiwei Guo, Zhongjun Wu, Lin Wang, Gang Jin, Dong Gao

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Title: Intrinsic resistance to KRAS inhibition: Interfering with interferon

Authors: Borja Miguel-López, Matthias Drosten

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Reminded of Lowe Lab, Nature paper wherein interferon-encompassing chromosome 9p21.3 deletions act as mediators of immune evasion and metastasis.

How pancreatic cancers respond to KRASi and if PRMT5i can augment (when MTAP co-deleted) is a question.”

Anirban Maitra: New Insights Into Targeted Therapy Sensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer

Title: MACHETE identifies interferon-encompassing chromosome 9p21.3 deletions as mediators of immune evasion and metastasis

Authors: Francisco M. Barriga, Kaloyan M. Tsanov, Yu-Jui Ho, Noor Sohail, Amy Zhang, Timour Baslan, Alexandra N. Wuest, Isabella Del Priore, Brigita Meškauskaitė, Geulah Livshits, Direna Alonso-Curbelo, Janelle Simon, Almudena Chaves-Perez, Dafna Bar-Sagi, Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue, Faiyaz Notta, Ronan Chaligne, Roshan Sharma, Dana Pe’er, Scott W. Lowe

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You can also read:

Phase II HRS-4642 Plus Chemotherapy With or Without Adebrelimab in KRAS G12D-Mutant Pancreatic Cancer: Preliminary Results at ESMO 2026

Anirban Maitra: New Insights Into Targeted Therapy Sensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer