Beyond just a tight fortress: contribution of stroma to epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer

A Bulle, KH Lim - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Novel effective treatment is direly needed for patients with pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Therapeutics that target the driver mutations, especially the KRAS …

Crosstalk between tumor and stromal cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

N Sperb, M Tsesmelis, T Wirth - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains a lethal cancer. The poor prognosis
calls for a more detailed understanding of disease biology in order to pave the way for the …

[HTML][HTML] Pathology of pancreatic stroma in PDAC

ZA Rasheed, W Matsui, A Maitra - 2012 - europepmc.org
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a highly lethal disease that is histologically characterized by
a dense desmoplastic reaction (DR) surrounding malignant epithelial cells. The DR is …

Stromal biology and therapy in pancreatic cancer: ready for clinical translation?

A Neesse, CA Bauer, D Öhlund, M Lauth, M Buchholz… - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is notoriously aggressive and hard to treat. The
tumour microenvironment (TME) in PDA is highly dynamic and has been found to promote …

The extracellular matrix in pancreatic cancer: description of a complex network and promising therapeutic options

B Ferrara, C Pignatelli, M Cossutta, A Citro, J Courty… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review depicts the principal mechanisms involved in the process of
stromal desmoplasia characterizing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The aim of …

The desmoplastic stroma of pancreatic cancer: multilayered levels of heterogeneity, clinical significance, and therapeutic opportunities

Y Masugi - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant disease with treatment resistance
to standardized chemotherapies. In addition, only a small fraction of patients with pancreatic …

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition: key regulator of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression and chemoresistance

K Palamaris, E Felekouras, S Sakellariou - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma's (PDAC) dismal prognosis is
associated with its aggressive biological behavior and resistance to chemotherapy …

[HTML][HTML] The paradoxical web of pancreatic cancer tumor microenvironment

KJ Lafaro, LG Melstrom - The American journal of pathology, 2019 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is increasing in incidence and is projected to
become the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Despite significant …

Tumor-stromal crosstalk in pancreatic cancer and tissue fibrosis

D Thomas, P Radhakrishnan - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a devastating disease with high morbidity and
mortality worldwide. To date, limited therapeutic achievements targeting cell proliferation …

The stromal compartments in pancreatic cancer: are there any therapeutic targets?

S Lunardi, RJ Muschel, TB Brunner - Cancer letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterised by an abundant stromal
response also known as a desmoplastic reaction. Pancreatic Stellate Cells have been …