Air pollution, EGFR mutation, and cancer initiation.

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State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China. Electronic address:

Published: May 2023

Swanton et al. find that PM exposure is associated with EGFR/KRAS-driven lung cancer incidence. PM increases EGFR pre-mutated alveolar type II cell progenitor function and tumorigenic activity through interstitial macrophage-secreted IL-1β, providing potential prevention approaches to inhibit cancer initiation.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10213952PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101046DOI Listing

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