[HTML][HTML] Microenvironmental determinants of pancreatic cancer

E Hessmann, SM Buchholz, IE Demir… - Physiological …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) belongs to the most lethal solid tumors in
humans. A histological hallmark feature of PDAC is the pronounced tumor microenvironment …

OBSERVE: guidelines for the refinement of rodent cancer models

SI De Vleeschauwer, M van de Ven, A Oudin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Existing guidelines on the preparation (Planning Research and Experimental Procedures on
Animals: Recommendations for Excellence (PREPARE)) and reporting (Animal Research …

Modeling pancreatic cancer in mice for experimental therapeutics

K Mallya, SK Gautam, A Aithal, SK Batra… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive malignancy that is
characterized by early metastasis, low resectability, high recurrence, and therapy resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Differences between KC and KPC pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma mice models, in terms of their modeling biology and their clinical relevance

ANA Gabriel, Q Jiao, U Yvette, X Yang, SA Al-Ameri… - Pancreatology, 2020 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the dangerous human cancers, is the
10th highly prevalent cancer, and the fourth sole cause of cancer-related mortality in the …

Depletion of macrophages improves therapeutic response to gemcitabine in murine pancreas cancer

SM Buchholz, RG Goetze, SK Singh… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: The tumor microenvironment (TME) is composed of fibro-inflammatory cells
and extracellular matrix (ECM) components. However, the exact contribution of the various …

Preclinical applications of multi-platform imaging in animal models of cancer

NJ Serkova, K Glunde, CR Haney, M Farhoud… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
In animal models of cancer, oncologic imaging has evolved from a simple assessment of
tumor location and size to sophisticated multimodality exploration of molecular, physiologic …

A ketogenic diet in combination with gemcitabine mitigates pancreatic cancer-associated cachexia in male and female KPC mice

NE Cortez, S Pathak, C Rodriguez Lanzi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer-associated cachexia (CAC) is a critical contributor to pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC) mortality. Thus, there is an urgent need for new strategies to …

Cytosolic 5′-nucleotidase 1A is overexpressed in pancreatic cancer and mediates gemcitabine resistance by reducing intracellular gemcitabine metabolites

MS Patzak, V Kari, S Patil, FH Hamdan, RG Goetze… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Abstract Background Cytosolic 5′-nucleotidase 1A (NT5C1A) dephosphorylates non-cyclic
nucleoside monophosphates to produce nucleosides and inorganic phosphates. Here, we …

A ketogenic diet in combination with gemcitabine increases survival in pancreatic cancer KPC mice

NE Cortez, C Rodriguez Lanzi, BV Hong, J Xu… - Cancer research …, 2022 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) continues to be a major health problem. A
ketogenic diet (KD), characterized by a very low carbohydrate and high fat composition, has …

[HTML][HTML] NFATc1 is a central mediator of EGFR-induced ARID1A chromatin dissociation during acinar cell reprogramming

Z Zhang, X Wang, FH Hamdan, A Likhobabina… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Loss of AT-rich interactive domain-containing protein 1A (ARID1A)
fosters acinar-to-ductal metaplasia (ADM) and pancreatic carcinogenesis by down …