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Volume 21 Issue 8, August 2021

Lines of communication, inspired by the Review on p481 and Perspective on p526.

Cover design: Lara Crow.

World View

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Research Highlights

  • Torrino et al. report that extracellular matrix stiffening stabilizes microtubules by glutaminolysis-dependent microtubule glutamylation, thereby promoting breast cancer progression.

    • Ulrike Harjes
    Research Highlight
  • Three studies published in Nature examine how competition influences tumour initiation in the intestinal epithelium.

    • Sarah Seton-Rogers
    Research Highlight
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Reviews

  • This Review provides an update of interleukins in tumour biology, covering the milestones of the latest discoveries of interleukin-related mechanisms in cancer, together with their application in clinical practice. It includes an overview of current clinical trials and breakthrough preclinical concepts.

    • Daria Briukhovetska
    • Janina Dörr
    • Sebastian Kobold
    Review Article
  • Despite the vast size of the non-coding genome, driver mutations in this space appear to be relatively infrequent. This Review highlights recent notable discoveries and challenges in the field of non-coding driver mutations, with a focus on somatic point mutations and indels.

    • Kerryn Elliott
    • Erik Larsson
    Review Article
  • This Review examines the tissue-specific metabolism and associated therapeutic vulnerabilities of mutant KRAS-driven tumours, providing a comparative discussion of intrinsic metabolism, co-occurring mutations and metabolic interactions in the microenvironment in colorectal, lung and pancreatic cancer.

    • Samuel A. Kerk
    • Thales Papagiannakopoulos
    • Costas A. Lyssiotis
    Review Article
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Perspectives

  • This Perspective discusses the signalling programmes and biological factors that simultaneously induce cancer stem cells and reprogramme the immune response to facilitate tumour immune evasion. It also highlights therapeutic opportunities for simultaneous targeting of the cancer stem cell niche and immunosurveillance.

    • Defne Bayik
    • Justin D. Lathia
    Perspective
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