To Quiesce or Senesce, That Is the Question for Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma

Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Feb 16;30(4):649-651. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-2787.

Abstract

Dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) has an appealing therapeutic target due to its CDK4 amplification on chromosome 12q. The understanding of geroconversion from quiescent cells to senescent cells defines a patient's response to CDK4 inhibitors. This new observation will inform not only the ongoing phase III clinical trial of abemaciclib, but all future clinical trials in DDLPS. See related article by Gleason et al., p. 703.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 / genetics
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 / metabolism
  • Gene Amplification
  • Humans
  • Liposarcoma* / drug therapy
  • Liposarcoma* / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2 / genetics

Substances

  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4