The matrix in cancer

TR Cox - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The extracellular matrix is a fundamental, core component of all tissues and organs, and is
essential for the existence of multicellular organisms. From the earliest stages of organism …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts in gastrointestinal cancer

H Kobayashi, A Enomoto, SL Woods, AD Burt… - Nature reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The tumour microenvironment, also termed the tumour stroma or tumour mesenchyme,
includes fibroblasts, immune cells, blood vessels and the extracellular matrix and …

A first-in-class pan-lysyl oxidase inhibitor impairs stromal remodeling and enhances gemcitabine response and survival in pancreatic cancer

JL Chitty, M Yam, L Perryman, AL Parker, JN Skhinas… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
The lysyl oxidase family represents a promising target in stromal targeting of solid tumors
due to the importance of this family in crosslinking and stabilizing fibrillar collagens and its …

Randomized phase III trial of pegvorhyaluronidase alfa with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine for patients with hyaluronan-high metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma

E Van Cutsem, MA Tempero, D Sigal, DY Oh… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of pegvorhyaluronidase alfa (PEGPH20) plus
nab-paclitaxel/gemcitabine (AG) in patients with hyaluronan-high metastatic pancreatic …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

T Zhang, Y Ren, P Yang, J Wang, H Zhou - Cell Death & Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal cancer with a prominent extracellular
matrix (ECM) deposition and poor prognosis. High levels of ECM proteins derived from …

CAF subpopulations: a new reservoir of stromal targets in pancreatic cancer

BA Pereira, C Vennin, M Papanicolaou, CR Chambers… - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are one of the most significant components in the
tumour microenvironment (TME), where they can perform several protumourigenic functions …

Phase IB/II randomized study of FOLFIRINOX plus pegylated recombinant human hyaluronidase versus FOLFIRINOX alone in patients with metastatic pancreatic …

RK Ramanathan, SL McDonough, PA Philip… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Pegylated recombinant human hyaluronidase (PEGPH20) degrades hyaluronan
(HA) and, in combination with chemotherapy, prolongs survival in preclinical models. The …

[HTML][HTML] Microenvironmental determinants of pancreatic cancer

E Hessmann, SM Buchholz, IE Demir… - Physiological …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) belongs to the most lethal solid tumors in
humans. A histological hallmark feature of PDAC is the pronounced tumor microenvironment …

Prospects of targeting PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in pancreatic cancer

M Mortazavi, F Moosavi, M Martini, E Giovannetti… - Critical reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the worst prognoses among all
malignancies. PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway, a main downstream effector of KRAS is …

[HTML][HTML] Nanocarriers for pancreatic cancer imaging, treatments, and immunotherapies

L Liu, PG Kshirsagar, SK Gautam, M Gulati, EI Wafa… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic tumors are highly desmoplastic and immunosuppressive. Delivery and
distribution of drugs within pancreatic tumors are compromised due to intrinsic physical and …