An FGFR/AKT/SOX2 signaling axis controls pancreatic cancer stemness

MY Quan, Q Guo, J Liu, R Yang, J Bai… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cancer stemness is associated with high malignancy and low differentiation, as well as
therapeutic resistance of tumors including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) …

[HTML][HTML] O-GlcNAc modification of Sox2 regulates self-renewal in pancreatic cancer by promoting its stability

NS Sharma, VK Gupta, P Dauer, K Kesh, R Hadad… - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) claims more than 90% of the patients diagnosed with
the disease owing to its aggressive biology that is manifested by high rate of tumor …

SOX2 promotes dedifferentiation and imparts stem cell-like features to pancreatic cancer cells

M Herreros-Villanueva, JS Zhang, A Koenig, EV Abel… - Oncogenesis, 2013 - nature.com
SOX2 (Sex-determining region Y (SRY)-Box2) has important functions during embryonic
development and is involved in cancer stem cell (CSC) maintenance, in which it impairs cell …

SOX9 triggers different epithelial to mesenchymal transition states to promote pancreatic cancer progression

E Carrasco-Garcia, L Lopez, V Moncho-Amor… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic cancers are lethal types of cancer. A majority of patients
progress to an advanced and metastatic disease, which remains a major clinical problem …

[HTML][HTML] SOX2 functions as a molecular rheostat to control the growth, tumorigenicity and drug responses of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells

EL Wuebben, PJ Wilder, JL Cox, JA Grunkemeyer… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly deadly malignancy. Expression of the
stem cell transcription factor SOX2 increases during progression of PDAC. Knockdown of …

Selective inhibition of stemness through EGFR/FOXA2/SOX9 axis reduces pancreatic cancer metastasis

G Kaushik, P Seshacharyulu, S Rauth, P Nallasamy… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is difficult to defeat due to mechanism (s) driving metastasis and
drug resistance. Cancer stemness is a major challenging phenomenon associated with PC …

[HTML][HTML] Embryonic stem cell factors and pancreatic cancer

M Herreros-Villanueva, L Bujanda… - World journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common type of pancreatic tumor, is a
highly aggressive human cancer with the lowest five-year survival rate of any human …

A Sox9/Fgf feed-forward loop maintains pancreatic organ identity

PA Seymour, HP Shih, NA Patel, KK Freude… - …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
All mature pancreatic cell types arise from organ-specific multipotent progenitor cells.
Although previous studies have identified cell-intrinsic and-extrinsic cues for progenitor cell …

Induction of cancer cell stemness by chemotherapy

X Hu, L Ghisolfi, AC Keates, J Zhang, S Xiang, D Lee… - Cell cycle, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Recent studies indicate that cancer stem cells (CSCs) exist in most hematological and solid
tumors. CSCs are characterized by their ability to self-renew and their capacity to …

Epigenetic regulation of SOX9 by the NF-κB signaling pathway in pancreatic cancer stem cells

L Sun, LA Mathews, SM Cabarcas, X Zhang, A Yang… - Stem …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the world.
Pancreatic cancer can be localized, locally advanced, or metastatic. The median 1-and 5 …