Uveal melanoma: Towards a molecular understanding

KN Smit, MJ Jager, A de Klein, E Kiliҫ - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2020 - Elsevier
Uveal melanoma is an aggressive malignancy that originates from melanocytes in the eye.
Even if the primary tumor has been successfully treated with radiation or surgery, up to half …

Multifunctional lipid bilayer nanocarriers for cancer immunotherapy in heterogeneous tumor microenvironments, combining immunogenic cell death stimuli with …

AE Nel, KC Mei, YP Liao, X Liu - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
In addition to the contribution of cancer cells, the solid tumor microenvironment (TME) has a
critical role in determining tumor expansion, antitumor immunity, and the response to …

Comparison of immune infiltrates in melanoma and pancreatic cancer highlights VISTA as a potential target in pancreatic cancer

J Blando, A Sharma, MG Higa, H Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) has transformed cancer treatment in recent years;
however, treatment response is not uniform across tumor types. The tumor immune …

[HTML][HTML] CSF1R+ macrophages sustain pancreatic tumor growth through T cell suppression and maintenance of key gene programs that define the squamous subtype

JB Candido, JP Morton, P Bailey, AD Campbell… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is resistant to most therapies including single-
agent immunotherapy and has a dense desmoplastic stroma, and most patients present with …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular genetics and targeted therapy of WNT-related human diseases

M Katoh, M Katoh - International journal of …, 2017 - … .spandidos-publications.com
Canonical WNT signaling through Frizzled and LRP5/6 receptors is transduced to the
WNT/β-catenin and WNT/stabilization of proteins (STOP) signaling cascades to regulate cell …

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 …

B cell–Derived IL35 Drives STAT3-Dependent CD8+ T-cell Exclusion in Pancreatic Cancer

B Mirlekar, D Michaud, SJ Lee, NP Kren, C Harris… - Cancer immunology …, 2020 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is an aggressive malignancy characterized by a
paucity of tumor-proximal CD8+ T cells and resistance to immunotherapeutic interventions …

[HTML][HTML] Squamous trans-differentiation of pancreatic cancer cells promotes stromal inflammation

TDD Somerville, G Biffi, J Daßler-Plenker, SK Hur… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
A highly aggressive subset of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas undergo trans-
differentiation into the squamous lineage during disease progression. Here, we investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Pancreas 3D organoids: current and future aspects as a research platform for personalized medicine in pancreatic cancer

L Moreira, B Bakir, P Chatterji, Z Dantes… - Cellular and molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, and the
third leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States. Although important …

[HTML][HTML] Drug screening and genome editing in human pancreatic cancer organoids identifies drug-gene interactions and candidates for off-label therapy

CK Hirt, TH Booij, L Grob, P Simmler, NC Toussaint… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Pancreatic cancer (PDAC) is a highly aggressive malignancy for which the identification of
novel therapies is urgently needed. Here, we establish a human PDAC organoid biobank …