Single-cell profiling to explore pancreatic cancer heterogeneity, plasticity and response to therapy

S Bärthel, C Falcomatà, R Rad, FJ Theis, D Saur - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal cancer entity characterized by a
heterogeneous genetic landscape and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment …

Multiplex protein imaging in tumour biology

N de Souza, S Zhao, B Bodenmiller - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Tissue imaging has become much more colourful in the past decade. Advances in both
experimental and analytical methods now make it possible to image protein markers in …

Characterizing the impacts of dataset imbalance on single-cell data integration

H Maan, L Zhang, C Yu, MJ Geuenich… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Computational methods for integrating single-cell transcriptomic data from multiple samples
and conditions do not generally account for imbalances in the cell types measured in …

Tumor-specific CD4 T cells instruct monocyte fate in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

MT Patterson, AL Burrack, Y Xu, GH Hickok… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) orchestrates a suppressive tumor
microenvironment that fosters immunotherapy resistance. Tumor-associated macrophages …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially resolved multi-omics single-cell analyses inform mechanisms of immune dysfunction in pancreatic cancer

S Yousuf, M Qiu, LV von Voithenberg, J Hulkkonen… - Gastroenterology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims As pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) continues to be
recalcitrant to therapeutic interventions, including poor response to immunotherapy, albeit …

A super-enhancer-regulated RNA-binding protein cascade drives pancreatic cancer

CE Antal, TG Oh, S Aigner, EC Luo, BA Yee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal malignancy in need of new
therapeutic options. Using unbiased analyses of super-enhancers (SEs) as sentinels of core …

Sodium chloride in the tumor microenvironment enhances T cell metabolic fitness and cytotoxicity

D Soll, CF Chu, S Sun, V Lutz, M Arunkumar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The efficacy of antitumor immunity is associated with the metabolic state of cytotoxic T cells,
which is sensitive to the tumor microenvironment. Whether ionic signals affect adaptive …

Multifaced roles of desmoplastic reaction and fibrosis in pancreatic cancer progression: Current understanding and future directions

H Sato, T Hara, S Meng, Y Tsuji, Y Arao… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Desmoplastic reaction is a fibrosis reaction that is characterized by a large amount of dense
extracellular matrix (ECM) and dense fibrous stroma. Fibrotic stroma around the tumor has …

Medical biology of cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer

A Morgan, M Griffin, L Kameni, DC Wan, MT Longaker… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic cancer is a very deadly form of cancer with a low survival rate.
One important characteristic of pancreatic cancer is the presence of a dense tissue called …

Multiplexed imaging mass cytometry analysis characterizes the vascular niche in pancreatic cancer

JH Sussman, N Kim, SB Kemp, D Traum… - Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Oncogenesis and progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are driven by
complex interactions between the neoplastic component and the tumor microenvironment …