Targeting hypoxic tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

J Tao, G Yang, W Zhou, J Qiu, G Chen, W Luo… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Attributable to its late diagnosis, early metastasis, and poor prognosis, pancreatic cancer
remains one of the most lethal diseases worldwide. Unlike other solid tumors, pancreatic …

Hypoxia-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancers: HIF-1α and beyond

SY Tam, VWC Wu, HKW Law - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Metastasis is the main cause of cancer-related mortality. Although the actual process of
metastasis remains largely elusive, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been …

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 …

Exosomes in cancer development, metastasis, and drug resistance: a comprehensive review

AS Azmi, B Bao, FH Sarkar - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2013 - Springer
Trafficking of biological material across membranes is an evolutionary conserved
mechanism and is part of any normal cell homeostasis. Such transport is composed of …

Hypoxia: a key player in antitumor immune response. A review in the theme: cellular responses to hypoxia

MZ Noman, M Hasmim, Y Messai… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
The tumor microenvironment is a complex system, playing an important role in tumor
development and progression. Besides cellular stromal components, extracellular matrix …

[HTML][HTML] Small extracellular vesicles in cancer

K Abhange, A Makler, Y Wen, N Ramnauth, W Mao… - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EV) are lipid-bilayer enclosed vesicles in submicron size that are
released from cells. A variety of molecules, including proteins, DNA fragments, RNAs, lipids …

Hypoxia-induced LncRNA-BX111 promotes metastasis and progression of pancreatic cancer through regulating ZEB1 transcription

S Deng, H Chen, Z Ye, S Deng, S Zhu, Z Zeng, C He… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
The contribution of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) to pancreatic cancer progression and
the regulatory mechanisms of their expression are attractive areas. In the present study, the …

ROS and oncogenesis with special reference to EMT and stemness

R Chatterjee, J Chatterjee - European journal of cell biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Elevation of the level of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) has immense
implication in the biological system. On the one hand, ROS promote the signaling cascades …

Hypoxia: Friend or Foe for drug delivery in Pancreatic Cancer

VM Shah, BC Sheppard, RC Sears, AWG Alani - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the most lethal solid tumors with
an overall five-year survival rate of that has only just reached 10%. The tumor …

Detection and isolation of circulating tumor cells: principles and methods

H Esmaeilsabzali, TV Beischlag, ME Cox… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Efforts to improve the clinical management of several cancers include finding better methods
for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). However …