Diversity and biology of cancer-associated fibroblasts

G Biffi, DA Tuveson - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Efforts to develop anti-cancer therapies have largely focused on targeting the epithelial
compartment, despite the presence of non-neoplastic stromal components that substantially …

The pancreatic cancer genome revisited

A Hayashi, J Hong… - … reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is a genetic disease, and the recurrent genetic alterations characteristic of
pancreatic cancer indicate the cellular processes that are targeted for malignant …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially confined sub-tumor microenvironments in pancreatic cancer

BT Grünwald, A Devisme, G Andrieux, F Vyas, K Aliar… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Intratumoral heterogeneity is a critical frontier in understanding how the tumor
microenvironment (TME) propels malignant progression. Here, we deconvolute the human …

Inhibition of hedgehog signaling alters fibroblast composition in pancreatic cancer

NG Steele, G Biffi, SB Kemp, Y Zhang, D Drouillard… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a deadly disease characterized by
an extensive fibroinflammatory stroma, which includes abundant cancer-associated …

Cell-autonomous Cxcl1 sustains tolerogenic circuitries and stromal inflammation via neutrophil-derived TNF in pancreatic cancer

A Bianchi, I De Castro Silva, NU Deshpande, S Singh… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
We have shown that KRAS–TP53 genomic coalteration is associated with immune-excluded
microenvironments, chemoresistance, and poor survival in pancreatic ductal …

The transcriptional and epigenetic landscape of cancer cell lineage plasticity

A Davies, A Zoubeidi, H Beltran, LA Selth - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Lineage plasticity, a process whereby cells change their phenotype to take on a different
molecular and/or histologic identity, is a key driver of cancer progression and therapy …

Heterocellular OSM-OSMR signalling reprograms fibroblasts to promote pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis

BY Lee, EKJ Hogg, CR Below, A Kononov… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a lethal malignancy with a complex
microenvironment. Dichotomous tumour-promoting and-restrictive roles have been ascribed …

Combined MEK and STAT3 inhibition uncovers stromal plasticity by enriching for cancer-associated fibroblasts with mesenchymal stem cell-like features to overcome …

J Datta, X Dai, A Bianchi, IDC Silva, S Mehra… - Gastroenterology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims We have shown that reciprocally activated rat sarcoma (RAS)/mitogen-
activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK) and Janus …

TNF-α-producing macrophages determine subtype identity and prognosis via AP1 enhancer reprogramming in pancreatic cancer

M Tu, L Klein, E Espinet, T Georgomanolis, F Wegwitz… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Large-scale genomic profiling of pancreatic cancer (PDAC) has revealed two distinct
subtypes:'classical'and 'basal-like'. Their variable coexistence within the stromal immune …

CXCL1: Gene, Promoter, Regulation of Expression, mRNA Stability, Regulation of Activity in the Intercellular Space

J Korbecki, K Barczak, I Gutowska, D Chlubek… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
CXCL1 is one of the most important chemokines, part of a group of chemotactic cytokines
involved in the development of many inflammatory diseases. It activates CXCR2 and, at high …