Activated fibroblasts in cancer: Perspectives and challenges

G Caligiuri, DA Tuveson - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
Activated fibroblasts in tumors, or cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), have become a
popular research area over the past decade. As important players in many aspects of tumor …

Pancreatic cancer evolution and heterogeneity: integrating omics and clinical data

AA Connor, S Gallinger - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), already among the deadliest epithelial
malignancies, is rising in both incidence and contribution to overall cancer deaths. Decades …

The pancreatic cancer genome revisited

A Hayashi, J Hong… - … reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is a genetic disease, and the recurrent genetic alterations characteristic of
pancreatic cancer indicate the cellular processes that are targeted for malignant …

Single-cell profiling to explore pancreatic cancer heterogeneity, plasticity and response to therapy

S Bärthel, C Falcomatà, R Rad, FJ Theis, D Saur - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal cancer entity characterized by a
heterogeneous genetic landscape and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment …

Patient-specific modeling of stroma-mediated chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer using a three-dimensional organoid-fibroblast co-culture system

S Schuth, S Le Blanc, TG Krieger, J Jabs… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are considered to play a
fundamental role in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) progression and …

[HTML][HTML] Microenvironment drives cell state, plasticity, and drug response in pancreatic cancer

S Raghavan, PS Winter, AW Navia, HL Williams… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Prognostically relevant RNA expression states exist in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDAC), but our understanding of their drivers, stability, and relationship to therapeutic …

Bioengineered 3D models of human pancreatic cancer recapitulate in vivo tumour biology

D Osuna de la Peña, SMD Trabulo, E Collin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Patient-derived in vivo models of human cancer have become a reality, yet their turnaround
time is inadequate for clinical applications. Therefore, tailored ex vivo models that faithfully …

Selective multi-kinase inhibition sensitizes mesenchymal pancreatic cancer to immune checkpoint blockade by remodeling the tumor microenvironment

C Falcomata, S Baerthel, SA Widholz, C Schneeweis… - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
KRAS-mutant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is highly immunosuppressive and
resistant to targeted and immunotherapies. Among the different PDAC subtypes, basal-like …

TNF-α-producing macrophages determine subtype identity and prognosis via AP1 enhancer reprogramming in pancreatic cancer

M Tu, L Klein, E Espinet, T Georgomanolis, F Wegwitz… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Large-scale genomic profiling of pancreatic cancer (PDAC) has revealed two distinct
subtypes:'classical'and 'basal-like'. Their variable coexistence within the stromal immune …

Tissue clearing to examine tumour complexity in three dimensions

J Almagro, HA Messal, M Zaw Thin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The visualization of whole organs and organisms through tissue clearing and fluorescence
volumetric imaging has revolutionized the way we look at biological samples. Its application …