Somatic Epigenetic Silencing of RIPK3 Inactivates Necroptosis and Contributes to Chemoresistance in Malignant Mesothelioma.
Yinfei TanEleonora SementinoMitchell CheungSuraj PeriCraig W MengesAnna-Mariya KukuyanTing ZhangVladimir KhazakLauren A FoxEric A RossSuresh RamanathanSuresh C JhanwarRaja M FloresSiddharth BalachandranJoseph R TestaPublished in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2020)
These data suggest that RIPK3 acts as a tumor suppressor in malignant mesothelioma by triggering necroptosis and that epigenetic silencing of RIPK3 by DNA methylation impairs necroptosis and contributes to chemoresistance and poor survival in this incurable disease.