IL-1β+ macrophages fuel pathogenic inflammation in pancreatic cancer

N Caronni, F La Terza, FM Vittoria, G Barbiera… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal disease with high resistance to
therapies. Inflammatory and immunomodulatory signals co-exist in the pancreatic tumour …

TNF-α-producing macrophages determine subtype identity and prognosis via AP1 enhancer reprogramming in pancreatic cancer

M Tu, L Klein, E Espinet, T Georgomanolis, F Wegwitz… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Large-scale genomic profiling of pancreatic cancer (PDAC) has revealed two distinct
subtypes:'classical'and 'basal-like'. Their variable coexistence within the stromal immune …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue-resident macrophages in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma originate from embryonic hematopoiesis and promote tumor progression

Y Zhu, JM Herndon, DK Sojka, KW Kim, BL Knolhoff… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are essential components of the cancer
microenvironment and play critical roles in the regulation of tumor progression. Optimal …

Tumor-associated macrophages in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: origin, polarization, function, and reprogramming

S Yang, Q Liu, Q Liao - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal malignancy. PDAC is only
cured by surgical resection in its early stage, but there remains a relatively high possibility of …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting tumor-associated macrophages to combat pancreatic cancer

R Cui, W Yue, EC Lattime, MN Stein, Q Xu, XL Tan - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The tumor microenvironment is replete with cells that evolve with and provide support to
tumor cells during the transition to malignancy. The hijacking of the immune system in the …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the effects of chemotherapy on human pancreatic adenocarcinoma and its tumor microenvironment

G Werba, D Weissinger, EA Kawaler, E Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a
complex ecosystem that drives tumor progression; however, in-depth single cell …

Stromal and therapy-induced macrophage proliferation promotes PDAC progression and susceptibility to innate immunotherapy

C Zuo, JM Baer, BL Knolhoff, JI Belle, X Liu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are abundant in pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinomas (PDACs). While TAMs are known to proliferate in cancer tissues, the …

Macrophage and neutrophil interactions in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment drive the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer

HG Pratt, KJ Steinberger, NE Mihalik, S Ott, T Whalley… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The survival rates for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma are very
low. This dismal prognosis is due in part to late detection and early development of …

Multiomic characterization of pancreatic cancer-associated macrophage polarization reveals deregulated metabolic programs driven by the GM-CSF–PI3K pathway

S Boyer, HJ Lee, N Steele, L Zhang, P Sajjakulnukit… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
The pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma microenvironment is composed of a variety of cell
types and marked by extensive fibrosis and inflammation. Tumor-associated macrophages …

Roles of differently polarized macrophages in the initiation and progressionof pancreatic cancer

P Storz - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
During development of pancreatic cancer macrophage-mediated inflammatory processes
and the formation of cancerous lesions are tightly connected. Based on insight from mouse …