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 …

Lipids in cancer: a global view of the contribution of lipid pathways to metastatic formation and treatment resistance

S Vasseur, F Guillaumond - Oncogenesis, 2022 - nature.com
Lipids are essential constituents for malignant tumors, as they are absolutely required for
tumor growth and dissemination. Provided by the tumor microenvironment (TME) or by …

Targeting m6A reader YTHDF1 augments antitumour immunity and boosts anti-PD-1 efficacy in colorectal cancer

Y Bao, J Zhai, H Chen, CC Wong, C Liang, Y Ding… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective The role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in tumour immune microenvironment
(TIME) remains understudied. Here, we elucidate function and mechanism of YTH N6 …

Arginase 1 is a key driver of immune suppression in pancreatic cancer

RE Menjivar, ZC Nwosu, W Du, KL Donahue, HS Hong… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
An extensive fibroinflammatory stroma rich in macrophages is a hallmark of pancreatic
cancer. In this disease, it is well appreciated that macrophages are immunosuppressive and …

Analysis of donor pancreata defines the transcriptomic signature and microenvironment of early neoplastic lesions

ES Carpenter, AM Elhossiny, P Kadiyala, J Li… - Cancer …, 2023 - aacrjournals.org
The adult healthy human pancreas has been poorly studied given the lack of indication to
obtain tissue from the pancreas in the absence of disease and rapid postmortem …

Impact of lipid metabolism on macrophage polarization: implications for inflammation and tumor immunity

E Vassiliou, R Farias-Pereira - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Macrophage polarization is influenced by lipids, which also exert significant control over
macrophage functions. Lipids and their metabolites are players in intricate signaling …

Immunosuppression, immune escape, and immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer: focused on the tumor microenvironment

YH Zhu, JH Zheng, QY Jia, ZH Duan, HF Yao, J Yang… - Cellular Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common type of pancreatic cancer, is
characterized by poor treatment response and low survival time. The current clinical …

Supervised discovery of interpretable gene programs from single-cell data

RZ Kunes, T Walle, M Land, T Nawy, D Pe'er - Nature Biotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
Factor analysis decomposes single-cell gene expression data into a minimal set of gene
programs that correspond to processes executed by cells in a sample. However, matrix …

Targeting METTL3 reprograms the tumor microenvironment to improve cancer immunotherapy

H Yu, J Liu, X Bu, Z Ma, Y Yao, J Li, T Zhang… - Cell Chemical …, 2024 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a heterogeneous ecosystem containing cancer cells,
immune cells, stromal cells, cytokines, and chemokines which together govern tumor …

A mosquito salivary protein-driven influx of myeloid cells facilitates flavivirus transmission

Z Wang, K Nie, Y Liang, J Niu, X Yu, O Zhang… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Mosquitoes transmit many disease-relevant flaviviruses. Efficient viral transmission to
mammalian hosts requires mosquito salivary factors. However, the specific salivary …