Tumor microenvironment participates in metastasis of pancreatic cancer

B Ren, M Cui, G Yang, H Wang, M Feng, L You… - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease with high mortality due to difficulties in its early
diagnosis and metastasis. The tumor microenvironment induced by interactions between …

Dormant, quiescent, tolerant and persister cells: Four synonyms for the same target in cancer

FM Vallette, C Olivier, F Lézot, L Oliver… - Biochemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although many drugs/treatments are now available for most diseases, too often, resistance
to these treatments impedes complete therapeutic success. Acquired resistance is a major …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning reveals cancer metastasis and therapeutic antibody targeting in the entire body

C Pan, O Schoppe, A Parra-Damas, R Cai, MI Todorov… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Reliable detection of disseminated tumor cells and of the biodistribution of tumor-targeting
therapeutic antibodies within the entire body has long been needed to better understand …

Locally sourced: site-specific immune barriers to metastasis

AL Correia - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Tumour cells migrate very early from primary sites to distant sites, and yet metastases often
take years to manifest themselves clinically or never even surface within a patient's lifetime …

The fibrotic and immune microenvironments as targetable drivers of metastasis

L Boulter, E Bullock, Z Mabruk, VG Brunton - British Journal of Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Although substantial progress has been made over the past 40 years in treating patients
with cancer, effective therapies for those who are diagnosed with advanced metastatic …

Autophagy and cancer dormancy

Y Akkoc, N Peker, A Akcay, D Gozuacik - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Metastasis and relapse account for the great majority of cancer-related deaths. Most
metastatic lesions are micro metastases that have the capacity to remain in a non-dividing …

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 …

The desmoplastic stroma of pancreatic cancer: multilayered levels of heterogeneity, clinical significance, and therapeutic opportunities

Y Masugi - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant disease with treatment resistance
to standardized chemotherapies. In addition, only a small fraction of patients with pancreatic …

Pre-clinical models of metastasis in pancreatic cancer

M Miquel, S Zhang, C Pilarsky - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a hostile solid malignancy coupled with an
extremely high mortality rate. Metastatic disease is already found in most patients at the time …

TIMP1 expression underlies sex disparity in liver metastasis and survival in pancreatic cancer

CD Hermann, B Schoeps, C Eckfeld… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Sex disparity in cancer is so far inadequately considered, and components of its basis are
rather unknown. We reveal that male versus female pancreatic cancer (PC) patients and …