Effect of depletion of PARP2 on gene expression in 3 month-old pancreas from Ela-myc mice
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ABSTRACT: Pancreatic cancer represents one of the most lethal tumours, characterised by an immunosuppressive microenvironment and a lack of cytotoxic immune cell infiltrates, which confers resistance to immunotherapy. Here, we demonstrate that the deletion of Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase 2 (PARP2) delays tumour progression in c-Myc-driven and KRas-driven mouse models of pancreatic cancer. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that the absence of PARP2 induces an enrichment of pathways associated with anti-tumor immune responses and genomic instability. Analysis of tumour-infiltrating immune cells within the tumor microenvironment showed that PARP2 deletion leads to an increase in effector CD4 and CD8 T cells as well as natural killer (NK) cells, accompanied by a significant reduction in pro-tumor regulatory T (Treg) cells and M2 macrophages. Collectively, our data support that selective PARP2 inhibition is a promising therapeutic strategy for pancreatic cancer by boosting anti-tumor immune response, thereby opening new avenues for combating this recalcitrant neoplasia.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE277055 | GEO | 2025/06/04
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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