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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2017

Molecular Pathways Controlling Autophagy in Pancreatic Cancer.

Maria New, Tim Van Acker, Jaclyn S Long, Jun-Ichi Sakamaki, Kevin M Ryan, Sharon A Tooze

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Tailor-Made Nanomaterials for Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021
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  14. [A Review of Metabolic Stress and Development of Pancreatic Cancer].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Maria NewMolecular Cell Biology of Autophagy Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute , London , UK.
Tim Van AckerMolecular Cell Biology of Autophagy Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute , London , UK.
Jaclyn S LongTumour Cell Death Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute , Glasgow , UK.
Jun-Ichi SakamakiTumour Cell Death Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute , Glasgow , UK.
Kevin M RyanTumour Cell Death Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute , Glasgow , UK.
Sharon A ToozeMolecular Cell Biology of Autophagy Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute , London , UK.

Funding

Cancer Research UK 15153Cancer Research UK 15816Cancer Research UK 22903Cancer Research UK FC001187Wellcome Trust FC001187
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the few cancer types where the 5-year survival rate shows no improvement. Despite conflicting evidence, the majority of data points to an essential role for autophagy in PDAC growth and survival, in particular constitutively activated autophagy, can provide crucial fuel to PDAC tumor cells in their nutrient-deprived environment. Autophagy, which is required for cell homeostasis, can both suppress and promote tumorigenesis and tumor survival in a context-dependent manner. Protein by protein, the mystery of how PDAC abuses the cell's homeostasis system for its malignant growth has recently begun to be unraveled. In this review, we focus on how autophagy is responsible for growth and development of PDAC tumors and where autophagy and the mechanisms controlling it fit into PDAC metabolism. Understanding the range of pathways controlling autophagy and their interplay in PDAC could open the way for new therapeutic avenues.

Indexed as

autophagyautophagy inhibitionmetabolismpancreatic cancerPDAC

Identifiers

PMID28316954
PMCPMC5334363

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