Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: biological hallmarks, current status, and future perspectives of combined modality treatment approaches

M Orth, P Metzger, S Gerum, J Mayerle, G Schneider… - Radiation …, 2019 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly devastating disease with poor
prognosis and rising incidence. Late detection and a particularly aggressive biology are the …

Metabolism of pancreatic cancer: paving the way to better anticancer strategies

C Qin, G Yang, J Yang, B Ren, H Wang, G Chen… - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is currently one of the most lethal diseases. In recent years, increasing
evidence has shown that reprogrammed metabolism may play a critical role in the …

Efficacy of a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of KrasG12D in Immunocompetent Models of Pancreatic Cancer

SB Kemp, N Cheng, N Markosyan, R Sor, IK Kim… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Mutations in the KRAS oncogene are found in more than 90% of patients with pancreatic
ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), with Gly-to-Asp mutations (KRAS G12D) being the most …

Durvalumab with or without tremelimumab for patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a phase 2 randomized clinical trial

EM O'Reilly, DY Oh, N Dhani, DJ Renouf… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance New therapeutic options for patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) are needed. This study evaluated dual checkpoint combination …

Sialic acids in pancreatic cancer cells drive tumour-associated macrophage differentiation via the Siglec receptors Siglec-7 and Siglec-9

E Rodriguez, K Boelaars, K Brown… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in glycosylation during tumour progression are a key hallmark of cancer.
One of the glycan moieties generally overexpressed in cancer are sialic acids, which can …

Targeting the bicarbonate transporter SLC4A4 overcomes immunosuppression and immunotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer

F Cappellesso, MP Orban, N Shirgaonkar, E Berardi… - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Solid tumors are generally characterized by an acidic tumor microenvironment (TME) that
favors cancer progression, therapy resistance and immune evasion. By single-cell RNA …

The CCTG PA. 7 phase II trial of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel with or without durvalumab and tremelimumab as initial therapy in metastatic pancreatic ductal …

DJ Renouf, JM Loree, JJ Knox, JT Topham… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Immunotherapy-based monotherapy treatment in metastatic pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) has shown limited benefit outside of the mismatch repair …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Simultaneous targeting of PD-1 and IL-2Rβγ with radiation therapy inhibits pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis

M Piper, M Hoen, LB Darragh, MW Knitz, D Nguyen… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients, we show that response to radiation
therapy (RT) is characterized by increased IL-2Rβ and IL-2Rγ along with decreased IL-2Rα …

Immunosuppression, immune escape, and immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer: focused on the tumor microenvironment

YH Zhu, JH Zheng, QY Jia, ZH Duan, HF Yao, J Yang… - Cellular Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common type of pancreatic cancer, is
characterized by poor treatment response and low survival time. The current clinical …