# Exocyst complex regulates fungal-mediated IL-33 release from cancer cells

**Authors:** Aftab Alam, Shyamananda Singh Mayengbam, Scott I Abrams, Jun Qu, Prasenjit Dey

PMC · DOI: 10.1038/s41392-026-02629-0 · Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy · 2026-03-06

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- **Genes:** IL33 (interleukin 33) [NCBI Gene 90865] {aka C9orf26, DVS27, IL1F11, NF-HEV, NFEHEV}
- **Diseases:** tumorigenesis (MESH:D063646), PDAC (MESH:D021441), PDAC cancer (MESH:D010190), cancer (MESH:D009369), necrotic (MESH:D009336), tumorigenic (MESH:D002471)
- **Chemicals:** DAPI (MESH:C007293), A. alternata extract (-)
- **Species:** Candida albicans (species) [taxon 5476], Aspergillus fumigatus (species) [taxon 746128], Mus musculus (house mouse, species) [taxon 10090]
- **Cell lines:** AK-B6 — Homo sapiens (Human), Astrocytoma, Cancer cell line (CVCL_1093)

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