Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: current and evolving therapies

A Adamska, A Domenichini, M Falasca - International journal of molecular …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which constitutes 90% of pancreatic cancers, is
the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. Due to the broad …

MicroRNAs in pancreatic cancer: biomarkers, prognostic, and therapeutic modulators

AZ Daoud, EJ Mulholland, G Cole, HO McCarthy - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
A severe lack of early diagnosis coupled with resistance to most available therapeutic
options renders pancreatic cancer as a major clinical concern. The limited efficacy of current …

A one-pot isothermal Cas12-based assay for the sensitive detection of microRNAs

H Yan, Y Wen, Z Tian, N Hart, S Han… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
The use of microRNAs as clinical cancer biomarkers is hindered by the absence of accurate,
fast and inexpensive assays for their detection in biofluids. Here we report a one-step and …

Emerging role of exosomes as biomarkers in cancer treatment and diagnosis

NA Hanjani, N Esmaelizad, S Zanganeh… - Critical reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and cancer incidence and mortality are
rapidly growing. These massive amounts of cancer patients require rapid diagnosis and …

Cancer development, progression, and therapy: an epigenetic overview

S Sarkar, G Horn, K Moulton, A Oza, S Byler… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Carcinogenesis involves uncontrolled cell growth, which follows the activation of oncogenes
and/or the deactivation of tumor suppression genes. Metastasis requires down-regulation of …

The dual role of TGFβ in human cancer: from tumor suppression to cancer metastasis

JJ Lebrun - International Scholarly Research Notices, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The transforming growth factor‐beta (TGFβ) superfamily encompasses widespread and
evolutionarily conserved polypeptide growth factors that regulate and orchestrate growth …

3D pancreatic carcinoma spheroids induce a matrix-rich, chemoresistant phenotype offering a better model for drug testing

P Longati, X Jia, J Eimer, A Wagman, MR Witt… - BMC cancer, 2013 - Springer
Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth most common cause of
cancer related death. It is lethal in nearly all patients, due to an almost complete …

Next-generation sequencing reveals novel differentially regulated mRNAs, lncRNAs, miRNAs, sdRNAs and a piRNA in pancreatic cancer

S Müller, S Raulefs, P Bruns, F Afonso-Grunz… - Molecular cancer, 2015 - Springer
Background Previous studies identified microRNAs (miRNAs) and messenger RNAs with
significantly different expression between normal pancreas and pancreatic cancer (PDAC) …

Circulating exosomes and exosomal microRNAs as biomarkers in gastrointestinal cancer

R Nedaeinia, M Manian, MH Jazayeri, M Ranjbar… - Cancer gene …, 2017 - nature.com
The most important biological function of exosomes is their possible use as biomarkers in
clinical diagnosis. Compared with biomarkers identified in conventional specimens such as …

miRNA signatures associate with pathogenesis and progression of osteosarcoma

KB Jones, Z Salah, S Del Mare, M Galasso, E Gaudio… - Cancer research, 2012 - AACR
Osteosarcoma remains a leading cause of cancer death in adolescents. Treatment
paradigms and survival rates have not improved in two decades. Driving the lack of …