Stromal biology and therapy in pancreatic cancer: ready for clinical translation?

A Neesse, CA Bauer, D Öhlund, M Lauth, M Buchholz… - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is notoriously aggressive and hard to treat. The
tumour microenvironment (TME) in PDA is highly dynamic and has been found to promote …

Targeting multiple signaling pathways in cancer: The rutin therapeutic approach

Z Nouri, S Fakhri, K Nouri, CE Wallace, MH Farzaei… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multiple dysregulated signaling pathways are implicated in the pathogenesis of cancer. The
conventional therapies used in cancer prevention/treatment suffer from low efficacy …

[HTML][HTML] Multicellular spheroid based on a triple co-culture: A novel 3D model to mimic pancreatic tumor complexity

G Lazzari, V Nicolas, M Matsusaki, M Akashi… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The preclinical drug screening of pancreatic cancer treatments suffers from the absence of
appropriate models capable to reproduce in vitro the heterogeneous tumor …

Identification of a nine-gene signature and establishment of a prognostic nomogram predicting overall survival of pancreatic cancer

M Wu, X Li, T Zhang, Z Liu, Y Zhao - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Pancreatic cancer is highly lethal and aggressive with increasing trend of
mortality in both genders. An effective prediction model is needed to assess prognosis of …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of cancer-associated fibroblasts on major hallmarks of pancreatic cancer

Q Sun, B Zhang, Q Hu, Y Qin, W Xu, W Liu, X Yu… - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) constitutes one of the most challenging lethal
tumors and has a very poor prognosis. In addition to cancer cells, the tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Liposome-based diagnostic and therapeutic applications for pancreatic cancer

F Raza, L Evans, M Motallebi, H Zafar, M Pereira-Silva… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is one of the harshest and most challenging cancers to treat, often labeled
as incurable. Chemotherapy continues to be the most popular treatment yet yields a very …

The role of MET in chemotherapy resistance

GE Wood, H Hockings, DM Hilton, S Kermorgant - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Chemotherapy remains the mainstay of treatment in the majority of solid and haematological
malignancies. Resistance to cytotoxic chemotherapy is a major clinical problem and …

The role of stellate cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: targeting perspectives

Y Wu, C Zhang, K Jiang, J Werner, AV Bazhin… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a gastrointestinal malignancy with a dismal
clinical outcome. Accumulating evidence suggests that activated pancreatic stellate cells …

Metastatic phenotype and immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Key role of the urokinase plasminogen activator …

SMZ Hosen, MN Uddin, Z Xu, BJ Buckley… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Previous studies have revealed the role of dysregulated urokinase
plasminogen activator (encoded by PLAU) expression and activity in several pathways …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the role of adipocytes in pancreatic cancer progression: paving the way towards novel therapeutic targets

YC Lin, YC Hou, HC Wang, YS Shan - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains one of the most lethal malignancies across the world, which
is due to delayed diagnosis and resistance to current therapies. The interactions between …