Targeting the hypoxia pathway to treat pancreatic cancer

LA Erickson, WE Highsmith Jr, P Fei… - Drug design …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The correlation between hypoxia and pancreatic cancer has long been discussed. Hao's
research team made many efforts on revealing the oncogenic function of hypoxic inducible …

Implications of HIF-1α in the tumorigenesis and progression of pancreatic cancer

X Jin, L Dai, Y Ma, J Wang, Z Liu - Cancer Cell International, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide and is
characterized by highly hypoxic tumor microenvironment. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha …

Selective killing of hypoxia-inducible factor-1–active cells improves survival in a mouse model of invasive and metastatic pancreatic cancer

S Kizaka-Kondoh, S Itasaka, L Zeng, S Tanaka… - Clinical Cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Purpose: Pancreatic cancer is characterized by intratumoral hypoxia, early and aggressive
local invasion, and metastatic potential. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is the major …

Hypoxia-inducible factor-2α promotes tumor progression and has crosstalk with Wnt/β-catenin signaling in pancreatic cancer

Q Zhang, Y Lou, J Zhang, Q Fu, T Wei, X Sun, Q Chen… - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease that is characterized by persistent
hypoxia. The roles of hypoxia-inducible factor-2α (hif-2α) are different to those of hif-1α …

Hypoxia induces immunosuppression, metastasis and drug resistance in pancreatic cancers

H Zhang, K Cao, J Xiang, M Zhang, M Zhu, Q Xi - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is one of the common malignant tumors of the digestive system and is
known as the “king of cancers”. It is extremely difficult to diagnose at an early stage, the …

Dominant-negative hypoxia-inducible factor-1α reduces tumorigenicity of pancreatic cancer cells through the suppression of glucose metabolism

J Chen, S Zhao, K Nakada, Y Kuge, N Tamaki… - The American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
In the tumor cells exposed to hypoxia, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1)-mediated
adaptation responses such as angiogenesis and anaerobic metabolism are induced for their …

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α expression and its clinical significance in pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis

LY Ye, Q Zhang, XL Bai, P Pankaj, QD Hu, TB Liang - Pancreatology, 2014 - Elsevier
Background and aims Pancreatic cancer is characterized by inadequate vascularization and
considerable tumor hypoxia is prevalent. However, whether hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF …

The impact of hypoxia in pancreatic cancer invasion and metastasis

A Yuen, B Díaz - Hypoxia, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Intratumoral hypoxia is a common feature of solid tumors. Recent advances in cancer
biology indicate that hypoxia is not only a consequence of unrestrained tumor growth, but …

Expression of hypoxia-inducible factors in different stages of pancreatic tumor progression

JH Jung, D Sosnowska, J Weaver, HK Parson… - Reports, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Early diagnosis in pancreatic cancer is key for improving prognosis. Hypoxia
plays a critical role in tumor progression. Thus, an evaluation of associations between …

HIF-3α promotes metastatic phenotypes in pancreatic cancer by transcriptional regulation of the RhoC–ROCK1 signaling pathway

X Zhou, X Guo, M Chen, C Xie, J Jiang - Molecular Cancer Research, 2018 - AACR
Hypoxia contributes to pancreatic cancer progression and promotes its growth and invasion.
Previous research principally focused on hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) and HIF …