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Molecular mechanisms linking BRAF mutations and the expression of immunoregulatory molecules, galectin-1 and PD-L1 in melanoma

2014/15/N/NZ5/03662

Keywords:

melanoma BRAF mutation Ras pathway AP1 transcription factor galectin-1 PD-L1

Descriptors:

  • NZ5_3: Pathogenesis of human diseases
  • NZ5_7: Human disease treatment
  • NZ5_5: Diagnostics in human diseases

Panel:

NZ5 - Human and animal noninfectious diseases: etiology, mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, poisonings and injuries (without neurological diseases)

Host institution :

Instytut Hematologii i Transfuzjologii

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

Maja Wasylecka-Juszczyńska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: PRELUDIUM 8 - announced on 2014-09-15

Amount awarded: 100 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2015-10-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-12-31

Project duration:: 27 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (1)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  1. BRAF inhibition curtails IFN-gamma-inducible PD-L1 expression and upregulates the immunoregulatory protein galectin-1 in melanoma cells
    Authors:
    Patryk Gorniak, Maja Wasylecka-Juszczynska, Iwona Ługowska, Piotr Rutkowski, Anna Polak, Maciej Szydłowski, Przemysław Juszczynski
    Academic press:
    Molecular Oncology (rok: 2020, tom: Early view, strony: 45307), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/1878-0261.12695 - link to the publication
  1. BRAF V600E mutation in melanoma sustains IFN-gamma inducible PD-L1 expression by coactivating STAT1 and increasing protein translation.
    Authors:
    M. Wasylecka-Juszczyńska, P. Górniak, M. Szydłowski, A. Polak, P. Juszczyński
    Conference:
    2018 ESMO Annual Meeting (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Data:
    konferencja 19-23 October 2018 Munich, Germany.
    Status:
    Published