Pancreatic cancer: Advances and challenges

CJ Halbrook, CA Lyssiotis, MP di Magliano, A Maitra - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest cancers. Significant
efforts have largely defined major genetic factors driving PDAC pathogenesis and …

CD4+ T cells in cancer

DE Speiser, O Chijioke, K Schaeuble, C Münz - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer immunology and immunotherapy are driving forces of research and development in
oncology, mostly focusing on CD8+ T cells and the tumor microenvironment. Recent …

Tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer pathogenesis and therapeutic resistance

MH Sherman, GL Beatty - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) features a prominent stromal microenvironment
with remarkable cellular and spatial heterogeneity that meaningfully impacts disease …

Targeting TGF-β signal transduction for fibrosis and cancer therapy

D Peng, M Fu, M Wang, Y Wei, X Wei - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) has long been identified with its intensive involvement
in early embryonic development and organogenesis, immune supervision, tissue repair, and …

Cell death in pancreatic cancer: from pathogenesis to therapy

X Chen, HJ Zeh, R Kang, G Kroemer… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is a devastating gastrointestinal cancer characterized by late diagnosis,
limited treatment success and dismal prognosis. Exocrine tumours account for 95% of …

Regulatory T cells in tumor microenvironment: new mechanisms, potential therapeutic strategies and future prospects

C Li, P Jiang, S Wei, X Xu, J Wang - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) characterized by the expression of the master transcription factor
forkhead box protein p3 (Foxp3) suppress anticancer immunity, thereby hindering protective …

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 …

Diversity and biology of cancer-associated fibroblasts

G Biffi, DA Tuveson - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Efforts to develop anti-cancer therapies have largely focused on targeting the epithelial
compartment, despite the presence of non-neoplastic stromal components that substantially …

Multimodal mapping of the tumor and peripheral blood immune landscape in human pancreatic cancer

NG Steele, ES Carpenter, SB Kemp, VR Sirihorachai… - Nature Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is characterized by an immune-suppressive tumor
microenvironment that renders it largely refractory to immunotherapy. We implemented a …

Mesothelial cell-derived antigen-presenting cancer-associated fibroblasts induce expansion of regulatory T cells in pancreatic cancer

H Huang, Z Wang, Y Zhang, RN Pradhan, D Ganguly… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Recent studies have identified a unique cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) population
termed antigen-presenting CAFs (apCAFs), characterized by the expression of major …