Pancreatic stellate cell: Pandora's box for pancreatic disease biology
Pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) were identified in the early 1980s, but received much attention after 1998 when the methods to isolate and culture them from murine and human sources were developed. PSCs contribute to a small proportion of all pancreatic
Ratnakar R Bynigeri+9 more
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Pancreatic Cancer: Pathogenesis, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a clinically challenging cancer, due to both its late stage at diagnosis and its resistance to chemotherapy. However, recent advances in our understanding of the biology of PDAC have revealed new opportunities ...
L. Wood, M. Canto, E. Jaffee, D. Simeone
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Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic laparoscopy for assessing resectability in pancreatic and periampullary cancer. [PDF]
Surgical resection is the only curative treatment for pancreatic and periampullary cancer, but many patients undergo unnecessary laparotomy because tumours can be understaged by computerised tomography (CT).
Davidson, BR+3 more
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Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Version 2.2021, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death among men and women in the United States. A major challenge in treatment remains patients' advanced disease at diagnosis.
M. Tempero+35 more
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Alternatively activated macrophages promote pancreatic fibrosis in chronic pancreatitis. [PDF]
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive and irreversible inflammatory and fibrotic disease with no cure. Unlike acute pancreatitis (AP), we find that alternatively activated macrophages (AAMs) are dominant in mouse and human CP.
Chawla, Ajay+6 more
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Common activation of canonical Wnt signaling in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. [PDF]
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is an extremely aggressive malignancy, which carries a dismal prognosis. Activating mutations of the Kras gene are common to the vast majority of human PDA.
Biankin, Andrew V+13 more
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Background LIPH, a membrane-associated phosphatidic acid-selective phospholipase A1a, can produce LPA (Lysophosphatidic acid) from PA (Phosphatidic acid) on the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane.
Lijie Han+12 more
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RETRACTED: GATA4 Regulates Inflammation-Driven Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Progression
Cancer-associated inflammation is a key molecular feature in the progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). GATA4 is a transcription factor that participates in the regulation and normal development of several endoderm- and mesoderm-derived ...
Weiliang Jiang+9 more
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Novel elucidation and treatment of pancreatic chronic graft-versus-host disease in mice [PDF]
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a severe complication of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. There is a growing understanding of cGVHD, and several effective therapies for cGVHD have been reported.
Kawakami, Yutaka+4 more
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BRD4 Inhibition Protects Against Acute Pancreatitis Through Restoring Impaired Autophagic Flux
Impaired autophagy has been shown to play a critical role in experimental and human acute pancreatitis (AP). However, the mechanism for transcriptional regulation of autophagy remains largely unknown.
Shuangjun Shen+15 more
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