Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprint
Immune evasion and immunotherapy resistance via TGF-beta activation of extracellular matrix genes in cancer associated fibroblasts
Ankur Chakravarthy, Lubaba Khan, Nathan Peter Bensler…·Daniel D. De Carvalho
The paper identifies ECM gene dysregulation linked to TGF-beta in CAFs as a novel mechanism of immune evasion, predicting response to immune checkpoint blockade better than existing biomarkers.
DOI 10.1101/265884