Beyond just a tight fortress: contribution of stroma to epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer

A Bulle, KH Lim - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Novel effective treatment is direly needed for patients with pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Therapeutics that target the driver mutations, especially the KRAS …

Lipid metabolism associated crosstalk: the bidirectional interaction between cancer cells and immune/stromal cells within the tumor microenvironment for prognostic …

Z Lin, G Hua, X Hu - Cancer Cell International, 2024 - Springer
Cancer is closely related to lipid metabolism, with the tumor microenvironment (TME)
containing numerous lipid metabolic interactions. Cancer cells can bidirectionally interact …

[HTML][HTML] Hypoxic pancreatic stellate cell-derived exosomal mirnas promote proliferation and invasion of pancreatic cancer through the PTEN/AKT pathway

W Cao, Z Zeng, Z He, S Lei - Aging (Albany NY), 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) are important components of the tumor microenvironment in
pancreatic cancer (PC) and contribute to its development and metastasis through …

A novel pancreatic tumour and stellate cell 3D co-culture spheroid model

KJ Norberg, X Liu, C Fernández Moro, C Strell, S Nania… - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a devastating disease with poor outcome,
generally characterized by an excessive stroma component. The purpose of this study was …

Cytoglobin attenuates pancreatic cancer growth via scavenging reactive oxygen species

DV Hoang, LTT Thuy, H Hai, VN Hieu, K Kimura… - Oncogenesis, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is a highly challenging malignancy with extremely poor prognosis.
Cytoglobin (CYGB), a hemeprotein involved in liver fibrosis and cancer development, is …

Pancreatic cancer tumor microenvironment is a major therapeutic barrier and target

C Hartupee, BM Nagalo, CY Chabu, MZ Tesfay… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is projected to become the 2nd leading cause of
cancer-related deaths in the United States. Limitations in early detection and treatment …

Mechanically stressed cancer microenvironment: Role in pancreatic cancer progression

M Hadden, A Mittal, J Samra, H Zreiqat, S Sahni… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal solid malignancies in
the world due to its insensitivity to current therapies and its propensity to metastases from the …

TRPC1 channels regulate the activation of pancreatic stellate cells through ERK1/2 and SMAD2 pathways and perpetuate their pressure-mediated activation

S Radoslavova, B Fels, Z Pethö, M Gruner, T Ruck… - Cell Calcium, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic stellate cell (PSC) activation is a major event occurring during pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC) development. Up to now mechanisms underlying their activation …

Pancreatic stellate cells in pancreatic cancer: as potential targets for future therapy

Z Wang, R He, S Dong, W Zhou - Frontiers in oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic cancer is a strongly malignant gastrointestinal carcinoma characterized by late
detection, high mortality rates, poor patient prognosis and lack of effective treatments …