Respiratory viral infections prime accelerated lung cancer growth
Wei Guo Qian, Xiaoqin Wei, Andrew Barros, Xiangyu Ye, Haibo Zhang, Qing Yu, Samuel P. Young, Eric V. Yeatts, Y. J. Park, Chaofan Li, Sijie Hao, Gislane de Almeida Santos, Jinyi Tang, Harish Narasimhan, Nicole A. Kirk, , Jie Sun
This study shows that prior respiratory viral infections like SARS-CoV-2 or influenza accelerate lung tumor growth by altering the immune environment and promoting a pro-tumor microenvironment.
Cell · Mar 11, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology