Therapeutic resistance of pancreatic cancer: Roadmap to its reversal

S Yu, C Zhang, KP Xie - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is a lethal disease with limited opportunity for resectable surgery as the
first choice for cure due to its late diagnosis and early metastasis. The desmoplastic stroma …

Gemcitabine effects on tumor microenvironment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Special focus on resistance mechanisms and metronomic therapies

J Natu, GP Nagaraju - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is considered one of the deadliest malignancies,
with dismal survival rates and extremely prevalent chemoresistance. Gemcitabine is one of …

Resistance to gemcitabine in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: A physiopathologic and pharmacologic review

T Koltai, SJ Reshkin, TMA Carvalho, D Di Molfetta… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary PDAC is one of the most malignant tumors and its treatment, whether
surgery or chemotherapy, has shown poor results. Resistance to gemcitabine and other …

Penetrating micelle for reversing immunosuppression and drug resistance in pancreatic cancer treatment

Q Chen, Q Wang, Y Wang, Y Chu, Y Luo, H You, B Su… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is on of the most lethal malignant tumors with
relatively poor prognosis, characterized with insufficient drug penetration, low immune …

Gemcitabine-loaded microbubble system for ultrasound imaging and therapy

LJ Delaney, JR Eisenbrey, D Brown, JR Brody… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultrasound imaging presents many positive attributes, including safety, real-time imaging,
universal accessibility, and cost. However, inherent difficulties in discrimination between soft …

m6A Methyltransferase METTL14-Mediated Upregulation of Cytidine Deaminase Promoting Gemcitabine Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer

C Zhang, S Ou, Y Zhou, P Liu, P Zhang, Z Li… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal human malignancies. Gemcitabine is
widely used to treat pancreatic cancer, and the resistance to chemotherapy is the major …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptation to an acid microenvironment promotes pancreatic cancer organoid growth and drug resistance

A Stigliani, R Ialchina, J Yao, D Czaplinska, Y Dai… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Harsh environments in poorly perfused tumor regions may select for traits driving cancer
aggressiveness. Here, we investigated whether tumor acidosis interacts with driver …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleoside-based anticancer drugs: Mechanism of action and drug resistance

L Hruba, V Das, M Hajduch, P Dzubak - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Nucleoside-based drugs, recognized as purine or pyrimidine analogs, have been potent
therapeutic agents since their introduction in 1950, deployed widely in the treatment of …

Differential gemcitabine sensitivity in primary human pancreatic cancer cells and paired stellate cells is driven by heterogenous drug uptake and processing

M Amrutkar, NT Vethe, CS Verbeke, M Aasrum… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC, also known as pancreatic
cancer) is one of the deadliest tumor types, characterized by poor prognosis, profound …

Seven-membered ring nucleobases as inhibitors of human cytidine deaminase and APOBEC3A

HM Kurup, MV Kvach, S Harjes, GB Jameson… - Organic & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The APOBEC3 (APOBEC3A-H) enzyme family as a part of the human innate immune system
deaminates cytosine to uracil in single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and thereby prevents the …