PD-L1 expression as a prognostic factor for postoperative outcomes in pleural mesothelioma

Translational Lung Cancer Research 2025 September 30 [Link] Masatoshi Kanayama, Takehiko Manabe, Katsuma Yoshimatsu, Yukiko Nemoto, Hiroki Matsumiya, Masataka Mori, Masaru Takenaka, Koji Kuroda, Fumihiro Tanaka Abstract Background: Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is an uncommon malignancy with a poor prognosis, even after surgical resection. Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression is a potential prognostic biomarker in various…

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FL496, an FL118-derived small molecule, induces growth inhibition, senescence, and apoptosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) cells, and exhibits anti-MPM tumor efficacy strikingly superior to the pemetrexed-cisplatin combination

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research 2025 October 21 [Link] Ieman A M Aljahdali, Xiang Ling, Wenjie Wu, Wenchao Wang, Dan Li, Renyuan Zhang, Emma Zhang, Aimee Stablewski, Rami Azrak, Qingyong Li, Fengzhi Li Abstract Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) responds poorly to chemotherapy and is a highly progressive malignancy with a median survival…

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FL496, an FL118-derived small molecule, induces growth inhibition, senescence, and apoptosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) cells, and exhibits anti-MPM tumor efficacy strikingly superior to the pemetrexed-cisplatin combination

Journal of Experimental Clinical Cancer Research 2025 October 21 [Link] Ieman A M Aljahdali, Xiang Ling, Wenjie Wu, Wenchao Wang, Dan Li, Renyuan Zhang, Emma Zhang, Aimee Stablewski, Rami Azrak, Qingyong Li, Fengzhi Li Abstract Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) responds poorly to chemotherapy and is a highly progressive malignancy with a median survival time…

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Apical Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Presenting as Horner’s Syndrome: A Case Report

Cureus 2025 October 13 [Link] Shruthi Mankal, Chris Jacobs Abstract Horner’s syndrome is a well-recognized presentation of apical lung tumors, though rarely associated with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), with only a few cases documented. We report the case of an 82-year-old man with persistent right-sided chest pain who developed unilateral right-sided ptosis, miosis and a…

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FL496, an FL118-derived small molecule, induces growth inhibition, senescence, and apoptosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) cells, and exhibits anti-MPM tumor efficacy strikingly superior to the pemetrexed-cisplatin combination

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research 2025 October 21 [Link] Ieman A M Aljahdali, Xiang Ling, Wenjie Wu, Wenchao Wang, Dan Li, Renyuan Zhang, Emma Zhang, Aimee Stablewski, Rami Azrak, Qingyong Li, Fengzhi Li Abstract Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) responds poorly to chemotherapy and is a highly progressive malignancy with a median survival…

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Inhibition of YB-1 phosphorylation enhances cisplatin activity and disrupts cell division in pleural mesothelioma

British Journal of Cancer 2025 September 4 [Link] Karin Schelch, Nadine Maach, Muhammad Hashim, Benjamin Zitta, Dominik Kirchhofer, Gerald Timelthaler, Anna Solta, Dominik Emminger, Verena Kopatz, Mir A Hoda, Walter Berger, Clemens Aigner, Balazs Dome, Glen Reid, Michael Grusch Abstract Background: The cold-shock domain protein YB-1 is overexpressed in pleural mesothelioma (PM) and was shown…

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Evaluation of SOX6 immunohistochemical expression as a diagnostic marker in the distinction of epithelioid mesothelioma from lung carcinomas

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 2025 August 26 [Link] Fatma Samy Hafez, Safaa Mahmoud Mohamed Abdelkhalek, Shaimaa Abdelraouf Elgohary Abstract Epithelioid mesothelioma (EM) is a pleural malignancy whose many histopathologic patterns may overlap considerably with those of lung adenocarcinoma (LAC) or poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic role of…

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Diffuse intrapulmonary malignant mesothelioma (DIMM) mimicking interstitial lung disease. Ultrastructural analysis and the potential role of the Hedgehog signaling pathway

Ultrastructural Pathology 2025 [Link] Hector Chavarria, Mohamed Zedan, Osama Elkadi, Kurt Knowles, Guillermo Herrera Abstract Diffuse intrapulmonary malignant mesothelioma (DIMM) is a rare variant of epithelioid mesothelioma characterized by diffuse lung parenchymal involvement without a discrete pleural mass, often mimicking interstitial lung disease (ILD). We report a case of a 55-year-old male presenting with bilateral…

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Prognostic immunoinflammatory and transcriptomic profiles in patients with pleural mesothelioma undergoing immunotherapy

Immunotherapy 2025 August 20 [Link] Giulia Mazzaschi, Roberto Rosati, Simona D’Agnelli, Roberta Minari, Francesca Trentini, Prisca Tamarozzi, Martina Manini, Martina Zinelli Ronzoni, Alessandra Dodi, Letizia Gnetti, Lorena Bottarelli, Cinzia Azzoni, Gianmarco Martines, Monica Pluchino, Ilaria Toscani, Alessandro Leonetti, Fabiana Perrone, Paola Bordi, Giovanni Bocchialini, Luca Ampollini, Federico Quaini, Marcello Tiseo Abstract Aim: A translational multiscale…

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Molecular expression of glycosaminoglycans modifies the plasticity of biphasic mesothelioma in favor of tumor progression

Glycoconjugate Journal 2025 August 13 [Link] Camila Machado Baldavira, Aline Nery Qualiotto, Tabatha Gutierrez Prieto, Sandra de Morais Fernezlian, Aline Assato, Marcelo Balancin, Teresa Takagaki, Alexandre Ab’Saber, Ana Paula Pereira Velosa, Walcy Rosolia Teodoro, Vera Luiza Capelozzi Abstract The study aimed to verify whether the expression of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and proteoglycans (PGs) in the tumor…

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