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Cancer Cell, February 2022

Fungal mycobiome drives IL-33 secretion and type 2 immunity in pancreatic cancer

  • Oncogenic KRASG12D upregulates IL-33 to promote type 2 immunity in PDAC
  • Intratumoral mycobiome enhances cancer cell secretion of IL-33
  • Secreted IL-33 recruits and activates TH2 and ILC2 cells in the PDAC TME
  • Genetic deletion of IL-33 or anti-fungal treatment causes PDAC tumor regression

Alam A, et al. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2022.01.003. PMID: 35120601. 

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