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 …

Lipids in cancer: a global view of the contribution of lipid pathways to metastatic formation and treatment resistance

S Vasseur, F Guillaumond - Oncogenesis, 2022 - nature.com
Lipids are essential constituents for malignant tumors, as they are absolutely required for
tumor growth and dissemination. Provided by the tumor microenvironment (TME) or by …

Targeting m6A reader YTHDF1 augments antitumour immunity and boosts anti-PD-1 efficacy in colorectal cancer

Y Bao, J Zhai, H Chen, CC Wong, C Liang, Y Ding… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective The role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in tumour immune microenvironment
(TIME) remains understudied. Here, we elucidate function and mechanism of YTH N6 …

Supervised discovery of interpretable gene programs from single-cell data

RZ Kunes, T Walle, M Land, T Nawy, D Pe'er - Nature Biotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
Factor analysis decomposes single-cell gene expression data into a minimal set of gene
programs that correspond to processes executed by cells in a sample. However, matrix …

Flavonoids regulate tumor-associated macrophages–from structure-activity relationship to clinical potential

Q Sun, Q Liu, X Zhou, X Wang, H Li, W Zhang… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the strategy for tumor therapy has changed from focusing on the direct killing
effect of different types of therapeutic agents on cancer cells to the new mainstream of multi …

Oncogenic KRAS-dependent stromal interleukin-33 directs the pancreatic microenvironment to promote tumor growth

KL Donahue, HR Watkoske, P Kadiyala, W Du… - Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Pancreatic cancer is characterized by an extensive fibroinflammatory microenvironment.
During carcinogenesis, normal stromal cells are converted to cytokine-high cancer …

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 …

Arginase 1 is a key driver of immune suppression in pancreatic cancer

RE Menjivar, ZC Nwosu, W Du, KL Donahue, HS Hong… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
An extensive fibroinflammatory stroma rich in macrophages is a hallmark of pancreatic
cancer. In this disease, it is well appreciated that macrophages are immunosuppressive and …

[HTML][HTML] From degenerative disease to malignant tumors: insight to the function of ApoE

G Miao, D Zhuo, X Han, W Yao, C Liu, H Liu… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is a multifunctional protein involved in lipid transport and
lipoprotein metabolism, mediating lipid distribution/redistribution in tissues and cells. It can …

Analysis of donor pancreata defines the transcriptomic signature and microenvironment of early neoplastic lesions

ES Carpenter, AM Elhossiny, P Kadiyala, J Li, J McGue… - Cancer Discovery, 2023 - AACR
The adult healthy human pancreas has been poorly studied given the lack of indication to
obtain tissue from the pancreas in the absence of disease and rapid postmortem …