Erika Fiorino, Alessandra Merlini, Lorenzo D'Ambrosio, Ilaria Cerviere, Enrico Berrino, Caterina Marchiò, Lidia Giraudo, Marco Basiricò, Annamaria Massa, Chiara Donini, Valeria Leuci, Ramona Rotolo, Federica Galvagno, Letizia Vitali, Alessia Proment, Soldano Ferrone, Alberto Pisacane, Ymera Pignochino, Massimo Aglietta, Giovanni Grignani, Giulia Mesiano, Dario Sangiolo
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare, mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, characterized by either KIT or PDGFRA mutation in about 85% of cases. KIT/PDGFRA wild type gastrointestinal stromal tumors (wtGIST) account for the remaining 15% of GIST and represent an unmet medical need: their prevalence and potential medical vulnerabilities are not completely defined, and effective therapeutic strategies are still lacking. In this study we set a patient-derived preclinical model of wtGIST to investigate their phenotypic features, along with their susceptibility to cellular immunotherapy with cytokine-induced killer lymphocytes (CIK) and interferons (IFN)...
September 8, 2022: International Journal of Molecular Sciences