The extracellular matrix and pancreatic cancer: a complex relationship

M Weniger, KC Honselmann, AS Liss - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has an extraordinarily dense fibrotic stroma that
impedes tumor perfusion and delivery of anticancer drugs. Since the extracellular matrix …

Extracellular matrices and cancer-associated fibroblasts: targets for cancer diagnosis and therapy?

I Belhabib, S Zaghdoudi, C Lac, C Bousquet, C Jean - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Stroma modifications observed in solid cancer are now recognized as
critical events for cancer progression and as potential therapeutic or diagnostic targets. The …

The PDAC extracellular matrix: a review of the ECM protein composition, tumor cell interaction, and therapeutic strategies

VM Perez, JF Kearney, JJ Yeh - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is notorious for a dense fibrotic stroma that is
interlaced with a collagen-based extracellular matrix (ECM) that plays an important role in …

A starring role for stellate cells in the pancreatic cancer microenvironment

MV Apte, JS Wilson, A Lugea, SJ Pandol - Gastroenterology, 2013 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a devastating disease, and patient outcomes have not
improved in decades. Treatments that target tumor cells have largely failed. This could be …

Galectin expression in cancer diagnosis and prognosis: A systematic review

VL Thijssen, R Heusschen, J Caers… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2015 - Elsevier
Galectins are a family of proteins that bind to specific glycans thereby deciphering the
information captured within the glycome. In the last two decades, several galectin family …

The glycosylation landscape of pancreatic cancer

J Munkley - Oncology Letters, 2019 - spandidos-publications.com
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a lethal disease with a 5‑year survival rate of< 5%, the lowest
of all types of cancer. The diagnosis of pancreatic cancer relies on imaging and tissue …

Role of the immune system in pancreatic cancer progression and immune modulating treatment strategies

K Sideras, H Braat, J Kwekkeboom, CH Van Eijck… - Cancer treatment …, 2014 - Elsevier
Traditional chemotherapeutics have largely failed to date to produce significant
improvements in pancreatic cancer survival. One of the reasons for the resilience of …

[HTML][HTML] Pancreatic cancer and its stroma: a conspiracy theory

Z Xu, SP Pothula, JS Wilson… - World journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic cancer is characterised by a prominent desmoplastic/stromal reaction that has
received little attention until recent times. Given that treatments focusing on pancreatic …

Galectin targeted therapy in oncology: Current knowledge and perspectives

K Wdowiak, T Francuz, E Gallego-Colon… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The incidence and mortality of cancer have increased over the past decades. Significant
progress has been made in understanding the underpinnings of this disease and …

From bench to bedside a comprehensive review of pancreatic cancer immunotherapy

PR Kunk, TW Bauer, CL Slingluff… - Journal for immunotherapy …, 2016 - Springer
The incidence of pancreatic cancer has been increasing while its 5-year survival rate has
not changed in decades. In the era of personalized medicine, immunotherapy has emerged …