Intra-pancreatic fat deposition: bringing hidden fat to the fore

MS Petrov, R Taylor - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Development of advanced modalities for detection of fat within the pancreas has
transformed understanding of the role of intra-pancreatic fat deposition (IPFD) in health and …

The immune landscape of human pancreatic ductal carcinoma: key players, clinical implications, and challenges

M Muller, V Haghnejad, M Schaefer, G Gauchotte… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive
and deadliest cancer worldwide, with an overall survival (OS) rate, all stages combined, of …

Three distinct stroma types in human pancreatic cancer identified by image analysis of fibroblast subpopulations and collagen

Y Ogawa, Y Masugi, T Abe, K Yamazaki, A Ueno… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Cancer-associated fibroblasts have emerged to be highly heterogenous and can
play multifaceted roles in dictating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) progression …

[HTML][HTML] Role of drug catabolism, modulation of oncogenic signaling and tumor microenvironment in microbe-mediated pancreatic cancer chemoresistance

M Capula, M Perán, G Xu, V Donati, D Yee… - Drug Resistance …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the highest incidence/death ratios
among all neoplasms due to its late diagnosis and dominant chemoresistance. Most PDAC …

The potential roles of exosomes in pancreatic cancer initiation and metastasis

W Sun, Y Ren, Z Lu, X Zhao - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer (PaCa) is an insidious and highly metastatic malignancy, with a 5-year
survival rate of less than 5%. So far, the pathogenesis and progression mechanisms of …

Metastatic phenotype and immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Key role of the urokinase plasminogen activator …

SMZ Hosen, MN Uddin, Z Xu, BJ Buckley… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Previous studies have revealed the role of dysregulated urokinase
plasminogen activator (encoded by PLAU) expression and activity in several pathways …

[HTML][HTML] Tunable hybrid hydrogels with multicellular spheroids for modeling desmoplastic pancreatic cancer

M Ermis, N Falcone, NR De Barros, M Mecwan… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment consists of diverse, complex etiological factors. The matrix
component of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) plays an important role not only in …

[HTML][HTML] Differential contribution of pancreatic fibroblast subsets to the pancreatic cancer stroma

PE Garcia, M Adoumie, EC Kim, Y Zhang… - Cellular and molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Although the healthy pancreas consists mostly of epithelial cells,
pancreatic cancer and the precursor lesions known as pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia …

The desmoplastic stroma of pancreatic cancer: multilayered levels of heterogeneity, clinical significance, and therapeutic opportunities

Y Masugi - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant disease with treatment resistance
to standardized chemotherapies. In addition, only a small fraction of patients with pancreatic …

Targeting HGF/c-MET axis in pancreatic cancer

SP Pothula, Z Xu, D Goldstein, RC Pirola… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic cancer (pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC/PC)) has been an aggressive
disease that is associated with early metastases. It is characterized by dense and …