RSPO2 enhances canonical Wnt signaling to confer stemness-associated traits to susceptible pancreatic cancer cells

M Ilmer, AR Boiles, I Regel, K Yokoi, CW Michalski… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
Cancer stem cells (CSC) present a formidable clinical challenge by escaping therapeutic
intervention and seeding tumors through processes that remain incompletely understood …

The pRb/RBL2-E2F1/4-GCN5 axis regulates cancer stem cell formation and G0 phase entry/exit by paracrine mechanisms

CH Chang, F Liu, S Militi, S Hester, R Nibhani… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The lethality, chemoresistance and metastatic characteristics of cancers are associated with
phenotypically plastic cancer stem cells (CSCs). How the non-cell autonomous signalling …

Pancreatic cancer stemness: dynamic status in malignant progression

Y Zhao, C Qin, B Zhao, Y Wang, Z Li, T Li… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most aggressive malignancies worldwide. Increasing
evidence suggests that the capacity for self-renewal, proliferation, and differentiation of …

A multiscale map of the stem cell state in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

NK Lytle, LP Ferguson, N Rajbhandari, K Gilroy… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Drug resistance and relapse remain key challenges in pancreatic cancer. Here, we have
used RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-seq, and genome …

Inhibiting NR5A2 targets stemness in pancreatic cancer by disrupting SOX2/MYC signaling and restoring chemosensitivity

Q Zheng, J Tang, A Aicher, T Bou Kheir… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a profoundly aggressive and fatal
cancer. One of the key factors defining its aggressiveness and resilience against …

Pancreatic tumor microenvironment factor promotes cancer stemness via SPP1–CD44 axis

P Nallasamy, RK Nimmakayala, S Karmakar, F Leon… - Gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Tumor-microenvironment factors and cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a
critical role in the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer (PC). However, the degree to which …

Understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate pancreatic cancer stem cell formation, stemness and chemoresistance: a brief overview

GP Nagaraju, B Farran, T Luong… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers worldwide due to the resistances to
conventional therapies and early metastasis. Recent research has shown that cancer stem …

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 …

Concomitant targeting of multiple key transcription factors effectively disrupts cancer stem cells enriched in side population of human pancreatic cancer cells

X Wang, Q Liu, B Hou, W Zhang, M Yan, H Jia, H Li… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background A major challenge in the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is the
failure of chemotherapy, which is likely due to the presence of the cancer stem cells (CSCs) …

EMT and stemness—Key players in pancreatic cancer stem cells

E Rodriguez-Aznar, L Wiesmüller, B Sainz Jr… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Metastasis and tumor progression are the major cause of death in patients suffering from
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Tumor growth and especially dissemination are typically …