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‹ Thu · 6 Aug 2026
Promising but preliminary

ITPKB suppresses ER calcium release to promote CXCL9 expression and enhance immunotherapy sensitivity in triple-negative breast cancer

A new calcium-signaling pathway in breast cancer controls immune cell recruitment, suggesting a target to help immunotherapy work better.

ITPKB (inositol-trisphosphate 3-kinase B) was mechanistically linked to ER calcium homeostasis and CXCL9 chemokine regulation in triple-negative breast cancer, with loss of ITPKB reducing immunotherapy sensitivity. This identifies a novel ER-calcium–CXCL9 axis as a determinant of TNBC immune microenvironment and immunotherapy response.

What the study was

Study design
preclinical_in_vitro
Category
novel_therapeutics_immunotherapy_cart_targeted
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Drug Resistance Updates

Why it surfaced

Drug Resist Updat (high-IF) mechanistic study linking novel ITPKB-ER calcium-CXCL9 axis to immunotherapy resistance in TNBC. Core T6 hit; TNBC has extremely high unmet need.

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