The tumour microenvironment in pancreatic cancer—clinical challenges and opportunities

WJ Ho, EM Jaffee, L Zheng - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
Metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal solid tumours
despite the use of multi-agent conventional chemotherapy regimens. Such poor outcomes …

Personalized pancreatic cancer therapy: from the perspective of mRNA vaccine

X Huang, G Zhang, TY Tang, X Gao, TB Liang - Military Medical Research, 2022 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is characterized by inter-tumoral and intra-tumoral heterogeneity,
especially in genetic alteration and microenvironment. Conventional therapeutic strategies …

Irreversible electroporation reverses resistance to immune checkpoint blockade in pancreatic cancer

J Zhao, X Wen, L Tian, T Li, C Xu, X Wen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has only limited efficacy against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
due to the presence of an immunosuppressive tumor-associated stroma. Here, we …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the immune system and immunotherapy in colorectal cancer

JL Markman, SL Shiao - Journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The development of cancer is a multi-step process involving the gradual loss of regulation
over the growth and functional capabilities of normal cells. Much research has been focused …

Pancreatic cancer microenvironment and cellular composition: current understandings and therapeutic approaches

LH Truong, S Pauklin - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is currently no effective treatment for Pancreatic Ductal
Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), and it is still the deadliest cancer, despite great research efforts in …

Trials and tribulations of pancreatic cancer immunotherapy

DR Principe, M Korc, SD Kamath, HG Munshi, A Rana - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment in the last decade, and strategies to re-
activate cytotoxic immunity are now standard of care in several malignancies. Despite rapid …

[HTML][HTML] The landscape of pancreatic cancer therapeutic resistance mechanisms

S Chand, K O'Hayer, FF Blanco, JM Winter… - International journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic cancer (pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, PDA) is infamously moving to the top
of the list as one of the most lethal cancers with an overall 5 year survival rate of 7%. Multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Fueling the engine and releasing the break: combinational therapy of cancer vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitors

J Kleponis, R Skelton, L Zheng - Cancer biology & medicine, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are increasingly drawing much attention in the therapeutic
development for cancer treatment. However, many cancer patients do not respond to …

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma immune microenvironment and immunotherapy prospects

KY Li, JL Yuan, D Trafton, JX Wang, N Niu… - Chronic diseases and …, 2020 - mednexus.org
The tumor microenvironment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is non-
immunogenic, which consists of the stellate cells, fibroblasts, immune cells, extracellular …