Tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer pathogenesis and therapeutic resistance

MH Sherman, GL Beatty - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) features a prominent stromal microenvironment
with remarkable cellular and spatial heterogeneity that meaningfully impacts disease …

Nerves in cancer

AH Zahalka, PS Frenette - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
The contribution of nerves to the pathogenesis of malignancies has emerged as an
important component of the tumour microenvironment. Recent studies have shown that …

[HTML][HTML] Neurons release serine to support mRNA translation in pancreatic cancer

RS Banh, DE Biancur, K Yamamoto, ASW Sohn… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumors have a nutrient-poor, desmoplastic, and
highly innervated tumor microenvironment. Although neurons can release stimulatory factors …

Barriers and opportunities for gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer therapy

AK Beutel, CJ Halbrook - American Journal of Physiology …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) has become one of the leading causes of cancer-
related deaths across the world. A lack of durable responses to standard-of-care …

Nerve fibers in the tumor microenvironment in neurotropic cancer—pancreatic cancer and cholangiocarcinoma

X Tan, S Sivakumar, J Bednarsch, G Wiltberger… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) are both deadly
cancers and they share many biological features besides their close anatomical location …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of perineural invasion of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

J Li, R Kang, D Tang - Cancer Communications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive malignant disease with a
unique tumor microenvironment surrounded by an interlaced network of cancer and …

[HTML][HTML] Perineural invasion-associated biomarkers for tumor development

Q Liu, Z Ma, Q Cao, H Zhao, Y Guo, T Liu, J Li - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Perineural invasion (PNI) is the process of neoplastic invasion of peripheral nerves and is
considered to be the fifth mode of cancer metastasis. PNI has been detected in head and …

HGF/c-Met pathway facilitates the perineural invasion of pancreatic cancer by activating the mTOR/NGF axis

T Qin, Y Xiao, W Qian, X Wang, M Gong, Q Wang… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Perineural invasion (PNI) is a pathologic feature of pancreatic cancer and is associated with
poor outcomes, metastasis, and recurrence in pancreatic cancer patients. However, the …

Phenotype screens of murine pancreatic cancer identify a Tgf-α-Ccl2-paxillin axis driving human-like neural invasion

X Wang, R Istvanffy, L Ye, S Teller, M Laschinger… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Solid cancers like pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), a type of pancreatic cancer,
frequently exploit nerves for rapid dissemination. This neural invasion (NI) is an independent …

Nerves and pancreatic cancer: new insights into a dangerous relationship

G Gasparini, M Pellegatta, S Crippa, M Schiavo Lena… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Perineural invasion (PNI) is defined as the presence of neoplastic cells along nerves and/or
within the different layers of nervous fibers: epineural, perineural and endoneural spaces. In …