Stroma involvement in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: An overview focusing on extracellular matrix proteins

S Liot, J Balas, A Aubert, L Prigent… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide and is
predicted to become second in 2030 in industrialized countries if no therapeutic progress is …

Anti-tumor efficacy of a potent and selective non-covalent KRASG12D inhibitor

J Hallin, V Bowcut, A Calinisan, DM Briere, L Hargis… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Recent progress in targeting KRASG12C has provided both insight and inspiration for
targeting alternative KRAS mutants. In this study, we evaluated the mechanism of action and …

Small extracellular vesicles (exosomes) and their cargo in pancreatic cancer: Key roles in the hallmarks of cancer

LM Channon, VM Tyma, Z Xu, DW Greening… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a devastating disease, offering poor mortality rates for patients.
The current challenge being faced is the inability to diagnose patients in a timely manner …

Depletion of carcinoma-associated fibroblasts and fibrosis induces immunosuppression and accelerates pancreas cancer with reduced survival

BC Özdemir, T Pentcheva-Hoang, JL Carstens… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is associated with marked fibrosis and stromal
myofibroblasts, but their functional contribution remains unknown. Transgenic mice with the …

Stromal response to Hedgehog signaling restrains pancreatic cancer progression

JJ Lee, RM Perera, H Wang, DC Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is the most lethal of common human
malignancies, with no truly effective therapies for advanced disease. Preclinical studies …

Metastasis-associated fibroblasts promote angiogenesis in metastasized pancreatic cancer via the CXCL8 and the CCL2 axes

TM Pausch, E Aue, NM Wirsik, A Freire Valls, Y Shen… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The characteristic desmoplastic stroma of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a
key contributor to its lethality. This stromal microenvironment is populated by cancer …

Novel curcumin-loaded magnetic nanoparticles for pancreatic cancer treatment

MM Yallapu, MC Ebeling, S Khan, V Sundram… - Molecular cancer …, 2013 - AACR
Curcumin (CUR), a naturally occurring polyphenol derived from the root of Curcuma longa,
has showed potent anticancer and cancer prevention activity in a variety of cancers …

ITGA2, LAMB3, and LAMC2 may be the potential therapeutic targets in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: an integrated bioinformatics analysis

S Islam, T Kitagawa, B Baron, Y Abiko, I Chiba… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common form of pancreatic cancer
with an abysmal prognosis rate over the last few decades. Early diagnosis and prevention …

Therapy-educated mesenchymal stem cells enrich for tumor-initiating cells

M Timaner, N Letko-Khait, R Kotsofruk, M Benguigui… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Stromal cells residing in the tumor microenvironment contribute to the development of
therapy resistance. Here we show that chemotherapy-educated mesenchymal stem cells …

[HTML][HTML] Dendritic cell vaccination and CD40-agonist combination therapy licenses T cell-dependent antitumor immunity in a pancreatic carcinoma murine model

SP Lau, N van Montfoort, P Kinderman… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is notoriously resistant to treatment
including checkpoint-blockade immunotherapy. We hypothesized that a bimodal treatment …