The molecular biology of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: translational challenges and clinical perspectives

S Wang, Y Zheng, F Yang, L Zhu, XQ Zhu… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is an increasingly common cause of cancer mortality with a tight
correspondence between disease mortality and incidence. Furthermore, it is usually …

The pancreatic cancer genome revisited

A Hayashi, J Hong… - … reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is a genetic disease, and the recurrent genetic alterations characteristic of
pancreatic cancer indicate the cellular processes that are targeted for malignant …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially confined sub-tumor microenvironments in pancreatic cancer

BT Grünwald, A Devisme, G Andrieux, F Vyas, K Aliar… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Intratumoral heterogeneity is a critical frontier in understanding how the tumor
microenvironment (TME) propels malignant progression. Here, we deconvolute the human …

[HTML][HTML] Proteogenomic characterization of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

L Cao, C Huang, DC Zhou, Y Hu, TM Lih, SR Savage… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive cancer with poor patient
survival. Toward understanding the underlying molecular alterations that drive PDAC …

Single-cell analysis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma identifies a novel fibroblast subtype associated with poor prognosis but better immunotherapy response

Y Wang, Y Liang, H Xu, X Zhang, T Mao, J Cui, J Yao… - Cell discovery, 2021 - nature.com
The current pathological and molecular classification of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDAC) provides limited guidance for treatment options, especially for immunotherapy …

Treatment landscape of metastatic pancreatic cancer

S De Dosso, AR Siebenhüner, T Winder, A Meisel… - Cancer treatment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive form of cancer with a dismal
prognosis. The lack of symptoms in the early phase of the disease makes early diagnosis …

[HTML][HTML] Microenvironment drives cell state, plasticity, and drug response in pancreatic cancer

S Raghavan, PS Winter, AW Navia, HL Williams… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Prognostically relevant RNA expression states exist in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDAC), but our understanding of their drivers, stability, and relationship to therapeutic …

DNA damage repair as a target in pancreatic cancer: state-of-the-art and future perspectives

L Perkhofer, J Gout, E Roger, FK de Almeida… - Gut, 2021 - gut.bmj.com
Complex rearrangement patterns and mitotic errors are hallmarks of most pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinomas (PDAC), a disease with dismal prognosis despite some therapeutic …

TNF-α-producing macrophages determine subtype identity and prognosis via AP1 enhancer reprogramming in pancreatic cancer

M Tu, L Klein, E Espinet, T Georgomanolis, F Wegwitz… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Large-scale genomic profiling of pancreatic cancer (PDAC) has revealed two distinct
subtypes:'classical'and 'basal-like'. Their variable coexistence within the stromal immune …

Biochemical and functional characterization of mutant KRAS epitopes validates this oncoprotein for immunological targeting

AS Bear, T Blanchard, J Cesare, MJ Ford… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Activating RAS missense mutations are among the most prevalent genomic alterations
observed in human cancers and drive oncogenesis in the three most lethal tumor types …