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 …

Diversity, mechanisms, and significance of macrophage plasticity

M Locati, G Curtale, A Mantovani - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Macrophages are a diverse set of cells present in all body compartments. This diversity is
imprinted by their ontogenetic origin (embryonal versus adult bone marrow–derived cells); …

Broadening the impact of immunotherapy to pancreatic cancer: challenges and opportunities

VP Balachandran, GL Beatty, SK Dougan - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is projected to become the second deadliest
cancer in the United States by 2025, with 5-year survival at less than 10%. In other …

Mechanisms of obesity-and diabetes mellitus-related pancreatic carcinogenesis: a comprehensive and systematic review

R Ruze, J Song, X Yin, Y Chen, R Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Research on obesity-and diabetes mellitus (DM)-related carcinogenesis has expanded
exponentially since these two diseases were recognized as important risk factors for …

Metaplasia: tissue injury adaptation and a precursor to the dysplasia–cancer sequence

V Giroux, AK Rustgi - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
Metaplasia is the replacement of one differentiated somatic cell type with another
differentiated somatic cell type in the same tissue. Typically, metaplasia is triggered by …

Tumor-associated macrophages in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: origin, polarization, function, and reprogramming

S Yang, Q Liu, Q Liao - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal malignancy. PDAC is only
cured by surgical resection in its early stage, but there remains a relatively high possibility of …

Carcinogenesis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

P Storz, HC Crawford - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Although the estimated time for development of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is
more than 20 years, PDAs are usually detected at late, metastatic stages. PDAs develop …

Pancreatic cancer is marked by complement-high blood monocytes and tumor-associated macrophages

SB Kemp, NG Steele, ES Carpenter… - Life science …, 2021 - life-science-alliance.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is accompanied by reprogramming of the local
microenvironment, but changes at distal sites are poorly understood. We implanted …

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 …

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 …