The role of cancer-associated fibroblasts and fibrosis in liver cancer

S Affo, LX Yu, RF Schwabe - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, causing more than
700,000 deaths annually. Because of the wide landscape of genomic alterations and limited …

Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of cholangiocarcinoma

SI Ilyas, GJ Gores - Gastroenterology, 2013 - Elsevier
Cholangiocarcinomas (CCAs) are hepatobiliary cancers with features of cholangiocyte
differentiation; they can be classified anatomically as intrahepatic CCA (iCCA), perihilar …

Targeting the PDGF signaling pathway in tumor treatment

CH Heldin - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2013 - Springer
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) isoforms and PDGF receptors have important
functions in the regulation of growth and survival of certain cell types during embryonal …

Cediranib or placebo in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine chemotherapy for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (ABC-03): a randomised phase 2 trial

JW Valle, H Wasan, A Lopes, AC Backen… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Cisplatin and gemcitabine is the standard first-line chemotherapy regimen for
patients with advanced biliary tract cancer; expression of VEGF and its receptors is …

Involvement of platelet‐derived growth factor ligands and receptors in tumorigenesis

CH Heldin, J Lennartsson… - Journal of internal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Platelet‐derived growth factor (PDGF) isoforms and their receptors have important roles
during embryogenesis, particularly in the development of various mesenchymal cell types in …

Criteria for preclinical models of cholangiocarcinoma: scientific and medical relevance

DF Calvisi, L Boulter, J Vaquero… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare malignancy that develops at any point along the biliary
tree. CCA has a poor prognosis, its clinical management remains challenging, and effective …

Desmoplastic stroma and cholangiocarcinoma: clinical implications and therapeutic targeting

AE Sirica, GJ Gores - Hepatology, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Cholangiocarcinomas are usually characterized by a prominent desmoplastic and
hypovascularized stroma. However, the biological significance and clinical impact of the …

[HTML][HTML] Gemcitabine plus sorafenib versus gemcitabine alone in advanced biliary tract cancer: a double-blind placebo-controlled multicentre phase II AIO study with …

M Möhler, A Maderer, C Schimanski, S Kanzler… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Since sorafenib has shown activity in different tumour types and gemcitabine
regimens improved the outcome for biliary tract cancer (BTC) patients, we evaluated first-line …

Cholangiocarcinoma: molecular pathways and therapeutic opportunities

SI Ilyas, MJ Borad, T Patel… - Seminars in liver disease, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an aggressive biliary tract malignancy with limited treatment
options and low survival rates. Currently, there are no curative medical therapies for CCA …

[HTML][HTML] Animal models of cholangiocarcinoma

E Loeuillard, SR Fischbach, GJ Gores… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an aggressive biliary tract malignancy with a poor overall
prognosis. There is a critical need to develop effective targeted therapies for the treatment of …