Inflamed Yet Immune-Evasive? A Transcriptomic Meta-Analysis Identifies Conserved Inflammatory, Developmental, and Neuronal Signatures Associated with Polyploid Giant Cancer Cells
This study proposes that PGCCs represent an immune-adaptive polyploid survival state in which inflammatory and ontogenetic pathways are repurposed to support immune evasion and tumor persistence and provides a framework for therapeutic strategies aimed at dismantling the PGCC reservoir and preventing tumor relapse.