[HTML][HTML] FAK promotes stromal PD-L2 expression associated with poor survival in pancreatic cancer

C Davidson, D Taggart, AH Sims, DW Lonergan… - British Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Background Pancreatic Cancer is one of the most lethal cancers, with less than 8%
of patients surviving 5 years following diagnosis. The last 40 years have seen only small …

FAK suppresses antigen processing and presentation to promote immune evasion in pancreatic cancer

M Canel, AD Sławińska, DW Lonergan, AA Kallor… - Gut, 2024 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Immunotherapy for the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
has shown limited efficacy. Poor CD8 T-cell infiltration, low neoantigen load and a highly …

[HTML][HTML] POLE Score: A comprehensive profiling of programmed death 1 ligand 1 expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

S Rahn, S Krüger, R Mennrich, L Goebel, D Wesch… - Oncotarget, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) being characterized by a pronounced stromal
compartment is commonly diagnosed at an advanced stage limiting curative treatment …

FAK activity in cancer‐associated fibroblasts is a prognostic marker and a druggable key metastatic player in pancreatic cancer

S Zaghdoudi, E Decaup, I Belhabib… - EMBO molecular …, 2020 - embopress.org
Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAF s) are considered the most abundant type of stromal
cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), playing a critical role in tumour …

[HTML][HTML] Expression and role of the immune checkpoint regulator PD-L1 in the tumor-stroma interplay of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

T Daunke, S Beckinger, S Rahn, S Krüger… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), eg, targeting programmed cell death protein
1-ligand 1 (PD-L1) or its receptor PD-1, have markedly improved the therapy of many …

FAK scaffolds immune escape in pancreatic cancer

A Blanco-Gomez, C Jorgensen - Gut, 2024 - gut.bmj.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive disease in urgent need of
improved therapy. A characteristic feature of PDAC is an abundant fibroinflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic profiling of immune microenvironment during pancreatic cancer development suggests early intervention and combination strategy of …

J Yang, Q Zhang, J Wang, Y Lou, Z Hong, S Wei… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has little response to immune
checkpoint inhibitors. An in-depth understanding of the immune microenvironment from a …

IL-6 and PD-L1 antibody blockade combination therapy reduces tumour progression in murine models of pancreatic cancer

TA Mace, R Shakya, JR Pitarresi, B Swanson… - Gut, 2018 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Limited efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has prompted investigation into combination therapy. We …

[HTML][HTML] Direct therapeutic targeting of immune checkpoint PD-1 in pancreatic cancer

M Gao, M Lin, RA Moffitt, MA Salazar, J Park… - British journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Background Pancreatic cancer (PC) hijacks innate cellular processes to promote cancer
growth. We hypothesized that PC exploits PD-1/PD-L1 not only to avoid immune responses …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin accessibility uncovers KRAS-driven FOSL2 promoting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression through up-regulation of CCL28

S Zhang, P Li, J Li, J Gao, Q Qi, G Dong, X Liu… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background The epigenetic mechanisms involved in the progression of pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remain largely unexplored. This study aimed to identify key …