Shikonin-mediated PD-L1 degradation suppresses immune evasion in pancreatic cancer by inhibiting NF-κB/STAT3 and NF-κB/CSN5 signaling pathways

Z Ruan, M Liang, L Shang, M Lai, X Deng, X Su - Pancreatology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a highly fatal malignancy with few effective therapies
currently available. Recent studies have shown that PD-L1 inhibitors could be potential …

[HTML][HTML] Decreased NSG3 enhances PD-L1 expression by Erk1/2 pathway to promote pancreatic cancer progress

X Xia, R Li, P Zhou, Z Xing, C Lu, Z Long… - American Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Inhibiting the functioning of PD-1/PD-L1 to activate human immune system and improve the
prognosis of pancreatic cancer (PC) would provide a significant boost to handling the …

[HTML][HTML] NEK2 inhibition triggers anti-pancreatic cancer immunity by targeting PD-L1

X Zhang, X Huang, J Xu, E Li, M Lao, T Tang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the substantial impact of post-translational modifications on programmed cell death
1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), its importance in therapeutic resistance in pancreatic cancer remains …

[HTML][HTML] Resveratrol slows the tumourigenesis of pancreatic cancer by inhibiting NFκB activation

W Qian, Q Xiao, L Wang, T Qin, Y Xiao, J Li… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly malignant tumour with an extremely
poor prognosis due to its insidious initiation and a lack of therapeutic strategies. Resveratrol …

Inhibition of DCLK1 down-regulates PD-L1 expression through Hippo pathway in human pancreatic cancer

R Yan, JJ Li, Y Zhou, L Yao, R Sun, Y Xu, Y Ge, G An - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy is one of the most promising strategies for cancer, compared with traditional
treatments. As one of the key emerging immunotherapies, anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment has …

[HTML][HTML] Advancement of NF-κB signaling pathway: a novel target in pancreatic cancer

KC Pramanik, MR Makena, K Bhowmick… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the deadliest cancers and is the third
highest among cancer related deaths. Despite modest success with therapy such as …

[HTML][HTML] Direct therapeutic targeting of immune checkpoint PD-1 in pancreatic cancer

M Gao, M Lin, RA Moffitt, MA Salazar, J Park… - British journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Background Pancreatic cancer (PC) hijacks innate cellular processes to promote cancer
growth. We hypothesized that PC exploits PD-1/PD-L1 not only to avoid immune responses …

[HTML][HTML] IFN-γ down-regulates the PD-1 expression and assist nivolumab in PD-1-blockade effect on CD8+ T-lymphocytes in pancreatic cancer

G Ding, T Shen, C Yan, M Zhang, Z Wu, L Cao - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Pancreatic cancer is characterized by a highly immunosuppressive tumor
microenvironment and evasion of immune surveillance. Although programmed cell death 1 …

Shikonin suppresses tumor growth and synergizes with gemcitabine in a pancreatic cancer xenograft model: Involvement of NF-κB signaling pathway

Y Wang, Y Zhou, G Jia, B Han, J Liu, Y Teng… - Biochemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Although gemcitabine is currently the best chemotherapeutic agent available for the
treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer, eventual failure of response is a significant clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The anthelmintic drug niclosamide induces GSK-β-mediated β-catenin degradation to potentiate gemcitabine activity, reduce immune evasion ability and …

Y Guo, H Zhu, Y Xiao, H Guo, M Lin, Z Yuan… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Niclosamide, a cell-permeable salicylanilide, was approved by the Food and Drug
Administration for its anthelmintic efficiency. A growing body of evidence in recent years …