[HTML][HTML] GSK3β as a novel promising target to overcome chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer

C Pecoraro, B Faggion, B Balboni, D Carbone… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive malignancy with increasing incidence and poor
prognosis due to its late diagnosis and intrinsic chemoresistance. Most pancreatic cancer …

Prospects of targeting PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in pancreatic cancer

M Mortazavi, F Moosavi, M Martini, E Giovannetti… - Critical reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the worst prognoses among all
malignancies. PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway, a main downstream effector of KRAS is …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneity and plasticity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment

LNC Boyd, KD Andini, GJ Peters, G Kazemier… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive disease with a notably poor
prognosis, in urgent need of improved treatment strategies. The desmoplastic PDAC tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment and metabolic remodeling in gemcitabine‐based chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer

Z Gu, Y Du, X Zhao, C Wang - Cancer Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a solid malignant tumor with a very low
operative rate and a poor patient prognosis. Therefore, gemcitabine (GEM)-based …

EMT and stemness—Key players in pancreatic cancer stem cells

E Rodriguez-Aznar, L Wiesmüller, B Sainz Jr… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Metastasis and tumor progression are the major cause of death in patients suffering from
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Tumor growth and especially dissemination are typically …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-specific modeling of stroma-mediated chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer using a three-dimensional organoid-fibroblast co-culture system

S Schuth, S Le Blanc, TG Krieger… - … of Experimental & …, 2022 - jeccr.biomedcentral.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are considered to play a fundamental role in
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) progression and chemoresistance. Patient …

The tumor microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Current perspectives and future directions

CJ Herting, I Karpovsky, GB Lesinski - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2021 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the most lethal malignancies and is
characterized by a unique tumor microenvironment (TME) consisting of an abundant stromal …

Imidazo [2, 1-b][1, 3, 4] thiadiazoles with antiproliferative activity against primary and gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic cancer cells

S Cascioferro, GL Petri, B Parrino, D Carbone… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
A new series of eighteen imidazo [2, 1-b][1, 3, 4] thiadiazole derivatives was efficiently
synthesized and screened for antiproliferative activity against the National Cancer Institute …

Dissolvable carboxymethyl cellulose/polyvinylpyrrolidone microneedle arrays for transdermal delivery of Amphotericin B to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis

MR Zare, M Khorram, S Barzegar, B Sarkari… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a significant public health problem caused by different
species of Leishmania parasites. Due to low skin permeability, the development of an …

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 …