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Table S2 from Low-Dose IFNγ Induces Tumor Cell Stemness in Tumor Microenvironment of Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

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posted on 2023-03-31, 02:41 authored by Mengjia Song, Yu Ping, Kai Zhang, Li Yang, Feng Li, Chaoqi Zhang, Shaoyan Cheng, Dongli Yue, Nomathamsanqa Resegofetse Maimela, Jiao Qu, Shasha Liu, Ting Sun, Zihai Li, Jianchuan Xia, Bin Zhang, Liping Wang, Yi Zhang

Multivariate Cox regression analysis of clinicopathologic factors for progression free survival in patients with NSCLC.

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National Key R&D Program of China

National Natural Science Foundation of China

National Key Research and Development Program of China

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IFNγ is conventionally recognized as an inflammatory cytokine that plays a central role in antitumor immunity. Although it has been used clinically to treat a variety of malignancies, low levels of IFNγ in the tumor microenvironment (TME) increase the risk of tumor metastasis during immunotherapy. Accumulating evidence suggests that IFNγ can induce cancer progression, yet the mechanisms underlying the controversial role of IFNγ in tumor development remain unclear. Here, we reveal a dose-dependent effect of IFNγ in inducing tumor stemness to accelerate cancer progression in patients with a variety of cancer types. Low levels of IFNγ endowed cancer stem-like properties via the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM1)–PI3K–Akt–Notch1 axis, whereas high levels of IFNγ activated the JAK1–STAT1–caspase pathway to induce apoptosis in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Inhibition of ICAM1 abrogated the stem-like properties of NSCLC cells induced by the low dose of IFNγ both in vitro and in vivo. This study unveils the role of low levels of IFNγ in conferring tumor stemness and elucidates the distinct signaling pathways activated by IFNγ in a dose-dependent manner, thus providing new insights into cancer treatment, particularly for patients with low expression of IFNγ in the TME. These findings reveal the dose-dependent effect of IFNγ in inducing tumor stemness and elucidate the distinct molecular mechanisms activated by IFNγ in a dose-dependent manner.

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