Therapeutic advances in pancreatic cancer

AS Paulson, HST Cao, MA Tempero, AM Lowy - Gastroenterology, 2013 - Elsevier
Despite our improved understanding of pancreatic cancer biology and ability to perform
more complex pancreatic cancer surgeries that produce better short-term outcomes, major …

Persistent activation of pancreatic stellate cells creates a microenvironment favorable for the malignant behavior of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

D Tang, D Wang, Z Yuan, X Xue… - … journal of cancer, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most common malignant tumors
with poor prognosis due to extremely high malignancy, low rate of eligibility for surgical …

Low‐dose gemcitabine depletes regulatory T cells and improves survival in the orthotopic Panc02 model of pancreatic cancer

I Shevchenko, S Karakhanova, S Soltek… - … journal of cancer, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive human neoplasms
with extremely poor prognosis and a low survival rate. Immunosuppressive cell populations …

[HTML][HTML] Suicide gene therapy for cancer–current strategies

P Zarogoulidis, K Darwiche, A Sakkas… - Journal of genetic …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Current cancer treatments may create profound iatrogenic outcomes. The adverse effects of
these treatments still remain, as the serious problems that practicing physicians have to …

Triptolide induces the expression of miR-142-3p: a negative regulator of heat shock protein 70 and pancreatic cancer cell proliferation

TN MacKenzie, N Mujumdar, S Banerjee… - Molecular cancer …, 2013 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), one of the deadliest malignancies, is resistant to
current chemotherapies. We previously showed that triptolide inhibits PDAC cell growth in …

Targeting the Ras–ERK pathway in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

C Neuzillet, P Hammel, A Tijeras-Raballand… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2013 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PAC) stands as the poorest prognostic tumor of the
digestive tract with limited therapeutic options. PAC carcinogenesis is associated with the …

The Key Role of Calmodulin in KRAS-Driven Adenocarcinomas

R Nussinov, S Muratcioglu, CJ Tsai, H Jang… - Molecular cancer …, 2015 - AACR
KRAS4B is a highly oncogenic splice variant of the KRAS isoform. It is the only isoform
associated with initiation of adenocarcinomas. Insight into why and how KRAS4B can …

Sonic hedgehog-Gli1 signaling pathway regulates the epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) by mediating a new target gene, S100A4, in pancreatic cancer cells

X Xu, B Su, C Xie, S Wei, Y Zhou, H Liu, W Dai… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Aims The hedgehog signaling pathway plays an important role in EMT of pancreatic cancer
cells, but the precise mechanisms remain elusive. Because S100A4 as a key EMT moleculer …

Combined Src/EGFR inhibition targets STAT3 signaling and induces stromal remodeling to improve survival in pancreatic cancer

AR Dosch, X Dai, ML Reyzer, S Mehra… - Molecular cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Lack of durable response to cytotoxic chemotherapy is a major contributor to the dismal
outcomes seen in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Extensive tumor desmoplasia …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolomic biomarkers of pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis study

KY Mehta, HJ Wu, SS Menon, Y Fallah, X Zhong… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is an aggressive disease with high mortality rates, however, there is
no blood test for early detection and diagnosis of this disease. Several research groups …