- Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1 Plays a Pivotal Role in RET/PTC3 Oncogene-induced Expression of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase 1.
Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1 Plays a Pivotal Role in RET/PTC3 Oncogene-induced Expression of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase 1.
The Journal of biological chemistry (2016-12-21)
Sonia Moretti, Elisa Menicali, Nicole Nucci, Pasquale Voce, Renato Colella, Rosa Marina Melillo, Federica Liotti, Silvia Morelli, Francesca Fallarino, Antonio Macchiarulo, Massimo Santoro, Nicola Avenia, Efisio Puxeddu
PMID27994058
ABSTRACT
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is a single chain oxidoreductase that catalyzes tryptophan degradation to kynurenine. In cancer, it exerts an immunosuppressive function as part of an acquired mechanism of immune escape. Recently, we demonstrated that IDO1 expression is significantly higher in all thyroid cancer histotypes compared with normal thyroid and that its expression levels correlate with T regulatory (Treg) lymphocyte densities in the tumor microenvironment. BRAF