The transcriptional and epigenetic landscape of cancer cell lineage plasticity

A Davies, A Zoubeidi, H Beltran, LA Selth - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Lineage plasticity, a process whereby cells change their phenotype to take on a different
molecular and/or histologic identity, is a key driver of cancer progression and therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Pancreatic cancer: molecular characterization, clonal evolution and cancer stem cells

E Pelosi, G Castelli, U Testa - Biomedicines, 2017 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth most common cause of cancer-
related death and is the most lethal of common malignancies with a five-year survival rate …

Targeting LIF-mediated paracrine interaction for pancreatic cancer therapy and monitoring

Y Shi, W Gao, NK Lytle, P Huang, X Yuan, AM Dann… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a dismal prognosis largely owing to
inefficient diagnosis and tenacious drug resistance. Activation of pancreatic stellate cells …

[HTML][HTML] An organoid model of colorectal circulating tumor cells with stem cell features, hybrid EMT state and distinctive therapy response profile

ML De Angelis, F Francescangeli, C Nicolazzo… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are responsible for the metastatic
dissemination of colorectal cancer (CRC) to the liver, lungs and lymph nodes. CTCs rarity …

[HTML][HTML] Extrinsic KRAS signaling shapes the pancreatic microenvironment through fibroblast reprogramming

A Velez-Delgado, KL Donahue, KL Brown, W Du… - Cellular and molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Oncogenic Kirsten Rat Sarcoma virus (KRAS) is the hallmark mutation
of human pancreatic cancer and a driver of tumorigenesis in genetically engineered mouse …

[HTML][HTML] Mutations of p53 associated with pancreatic cancer and therapeutic implications

IA Voutsadakis - Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery, 2021 - synapse.koreamed.org
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a malignancy with rising incidence and grim prognosis.
Despite improvements in therapeutics for treating metastatic pancreatic cancer, this disease …

Glucagon-producing α-cell transcriptional identity and reprogramming towards insulin production

D Oropeza, PL Herrera - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
β-Cell replacement by in situ reprogramming of non-β-cells is a promising diabetes therapy.
Following the observation that near-total β-cell ablation in adult mice triggers the …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of miR-29a/b1 promotes inflammation and fibrosis in acute pancreatitis

S Dey, LM Udari, P RiveraHernandez, JJ Kwon… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract MicroRNA-29 (miR-29) is a critical regulator of fibroinflammatory processes in
human diseases. In this study, we found a decrease in miR-29a in experimental and human …

Acinar to ductal cell trans-differentiation: A prelude to dysplasia and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

S Parte, RK Nimmakayala, SK Batra… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the deadliest neoplastic epithelial malignancies and is projected
to be the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality by 2024. Five years overall …

[HTML][HTML] The role of DNA methylation in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus

SAH Ahmed, SA Ansari, EPK Mensah-Brown… - Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic condition characterised by β cell dysfunction and
persistent hyperglycaemia. The disorder can be due to the absence of adequate pancreatic …