Impact of context-dependent autophagy states on tumor progression

M Assi, AC Kimmelman - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Macroautophagy is a cellular quality-control process that degrades proteins, protein
aggregates and damaged organelles. Autophagy plays a fundamental role in cancer where …

Epithelial and stromal co-evolution and complicity in pancreatic cancer

SR Hingorani - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas are distinguished by their robust desmoplasia, or
fibroinflammatory response. Dominated by non-malignant cells, the mutated epithelium must …

Ornithine aminotransferase supports polyamine synthesis in pancreatic cancer

MS Lee, C Dennis, I Naqvi, L Dailey, A Lorzadeh, G Ye… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
There is a need to develop effective therapies for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA),
a highly lethal malignancy with increasing incidence and poor prognosis. Although targeting …

Targeting pancreatic cancer metabolic dependencies through glutamine antagonism

J Encarnación-Rosado, ASW Sohn, DE Biancur, EY Lin… - Nature cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells use glutamine (Gln) to support proliferation
and redox balance. Early attempts to inhibit Gln metabolism using glutaminase inhibitors …

Uridine-derived ribose fuels glucose-restricted pancreatic cancer

ZC Nwosu, MH Ward, P Sajjakulnukit, P Poudel… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a lethal disease notoriously resistant to
therapy,. This is mediated in part by a complex tumour microenvironment, low vascularity …

Autophagy supports mitochondrial metabolism through the regulation of iron homeostasis in pancreatic cancer

S Mukhopadhyay, J Encarnación-Rosado, EY Lin… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells maintain a high level of autophagy,
allowing them to thrive in an austere microenvironment. However, the processes through …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: an update on heterogeneity and therapeutic targeting

U Vaish, T Jain, AC Are, V Dudeja - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a leading cause of cancer-related morbidity
and mortality in the western world, with limited therapeutic strategies and dismal long-term …

Metabolic requirement for GOT2 in pancreatic cancer depends on environmental context

SA Kerk, L Lin, AL Myers, DJ Sutton, A Andren… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Mitochondrial glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase 2 (GOT2) is part of the malateaspartate
shuttle, a mechanism by which cells transfer reducing equivalents from the cytosol to the …

Immunosuppression, immune escape, and immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer: focused on the tumor microenvironment

YH Zhu, JH Zheng, QY Jia, ZH Duan, HF Yao, J Yang… - Cellular Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common type of pancreatic cancer, is
characterized by poor treatment response and low survival time. The current clinical …

Coordinated transcriptional and catabolic programs support iron-dependent adaptation to RAS–MAPK pathway inhibition in pancreatic cancer

M Ravichandran, J Hu, C Cai, NP Ward, A Venida… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
The mechanisms underlying metabolic adaptation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDA) cells to pharmacologic inhibition of RAS–MAPK signaling are largely unknown. Using …