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Melissa Pineda

Texas A&M University

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Tumor cell-intrinsic mtDNA instability drives cGAS-dependent temporal remodeling of the melanoma immune microenvironment

Abate Assefa Bashaw, Ashley D. Winters, Yuanjiu Lei, Luiza Ferreira Araujo, Do Gia Tam Vo, Arunachalam Sekar, John F. Bachman, Paige S Graves, Melissa Pineda, Jill Carol Rubinstein, Gerald S. Shadel, Marcus Bosenberg, Laura Ciaccia West, Andrew Phillip West

This study shows that tumor cell-intrinsic mtDNA instability drives temporal changes in the melanoma immune microenvironment through cGAS, affecting immune cell states and therapeutic response.

bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2026 · PreprintImmunology