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Whereas antigen and viral DNA screening is standard of care in Asia and Western Pacific oncology practice, evaluation for latent hepatitis may become a necessary part of management worldwide as CPIs continue to expand their role. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.BACKGROUND Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a common malignancy of the digestive system and is characterized by poor prognosis and early metastasis. Tumor immune escape plays an important role in PC progression. Programmed death 1 (PD1) blockade therapy is a promising treatment for patients with PC, but is yet to achieve significant clinical effects so far. Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) is a soluble dimeric cytokine that is closely associated with tumor immune surveillance and cytotoxicity. Nicotinic acid amide IFN-γ suppresses a variety of tumor-derived cytokines in PC, such as CXCL8. In the present study, we investigated the therapeutic efficacy of combined anti-PD1 and IFN-γ treatment in PC. METHODS BxPC-3 and Panc-1 human PC cell lines were used to construct a murine PC model. Blood samples (n=44) and surgical resection specimens (n=36) from human patients with PC were also collected. χ2 test, two-tailed unpaired t-test or Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to calculate p values. RESULTS PD1/PD-L1 signaling was overexpressed in PC tipheral and tumor-infiltrating CD68+ macrophages, which are associated with advanced tumor stage and poor prognosis. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that IFN-γ is a translatable, therapeutic option to improve the efficacy of PD1 blockade therapy by preventing trafficking of CXCR2+CD68+ macrophages via blocking the CXCL8-CXCR2 axis. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most malignant brain tumours, and despite advances in treatment modalities, it remains largely incurable. Calcium regulation and dynamics play crucial roles in different aspects of cancer, but they have never been investigated in detail in GBM. Here, we report that spontaneous calcium waves in GBM cells cause unusual [Ca2+]i elevations (>1 µM), often propagating through tumour microtubes (TMs) connecting adjacent cells. This unusual [Ca2+]i elevation is not associated with the induction of cell death and is concomitant with overexpression of mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU). Here, we show that MCU silencing decreases proliferation and alters [Ca2+]i dynamics in U87 GBM cells, while MCU overexpression increases [Ca2+]i elevation in human astrocytes (HA). These results suggest that changes in the expression level of MCU, a protein involved in intracellular calcium regulation, influences GBM cell proliferation, contributing to GBM malignancy. © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) control gene expression by regulating the bi-directional exchange of proteins and RNAs between nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments, including access of transcriptional regulators to the nucleoplasm. Here we show that the yeast nucleoporin Nup170, in addition to binding and silencing subtelomeric genes, supports transcription of genes regulated by the SAGA transcriptional activator. Specifically, we show that less SAGA complex is bound to target genes in the absence Nup170. Consistent with this observation, levels of the SAGA complex are decreased in cells lacking Nup170, while SAGA-related SLIK complexes are increased. This change in the ratio of SAGA to SLIK complexes is due to increased nuclear activity of Pep4, a protease responsible for production of the SLIK complex. Further analyses of various nucleoporin mutants revealed that the increased nuclear entry of Pep4 observed in the nup170Δ mutant likely occurs as consequence of an increase in the sieving limits of the NPC diffusion channel. On the basis of these results, we propose that changes in passive diffusion rates represents a mechanism for regulating SAGA/SLIK complex-mediated transcriptional events. © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.Self-incompatibility (SI) in Papaver rhoeas triggers dramatic actin alterations in pollen. However, how actin alterations in SI pollen tubes are mechanistically achieved remains largely unexplored. Here we have used treatment with the calcium ionophore A23187 to mimic the SI-induced elevation in cytosolic Ca2+ and trigger the formation of the distinctive F-actin foci. Live-cell imaging reveals that this remodeling involves F-actin fragmentation and depolymerization, accompanied by the rapid formation of punctate actin foci and subsequent increase in their size. We establish that actin foci are generated and enlarged from crosslinking of fragmented actin filament structures. Moreover, we show that villins associate with actin structures and are involved in this actin reorganization process. Notably, we demonstrate that Arabidopsis villin5 promotes actin depolymerization and formation of actin foci by fragmenting actin filaments, and controlling the enlargement of actin foci via bundling actin filaments. Our study thus uncovers important, novel insights about the molecular players and mechanisms involved in forming the distinctive actin foci in pollen tubes. © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.Membrane lipid biosynthesis is a complex process that occurs in various intracellular compartments. In Drosophila, phosphatidylinositol glycan (PIG)-B (DPIG-B), which catalyzes addition of the third mannose in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI), localizes to the nuclear envelope (NE). Although this NE localization is essential for Drosophila development, the underlying molecular mechanism remains unknown. To elucidate this mechanism, we identified DPIG-B-interacting proteins by performing immunoprecipitation followed by proteomic analysis. We then examined which of these proteins are required for the NE localization of DPIG-B. Knockdown of Lamin Dm0, a B-type lamin, led to mislocalization of DPIG-B from the NE to the endoplasmic reticulum. Lamin Dm0 associated with DPIG-B at the inner nuclear membrane, a process that required the tail domain of Lamin Dm0. Furthermore, GPI moieties were distributed abnormally in the Lamin Dm0 mutant. These data indicate that Lamin Dm0 is involved in the NE localization of DPIG-B and is required for proper GPI-anchor modification of proteins.