ArticleCancers2018
Simultaneous Inhibition of MEK and Hh Signaling Reduces Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis.
Article in Cancers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Hh and EGFR-Ras signaling promote distinct steps of tumor progression in the Drosophila follicle epithelium.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Independent signaling pathways provide a fail-safe mechanism to prevent tumorigenesis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Inhibition of primary cilia-hedgehog signaling axis triggers autophagic cell death and suppresses malignant progression of VHL wild-type ccRCC.Cell death & disease · 2024Article
- Regulation of pancreatic cancer metastasis through the Gli2-YAP1 axis via regulation of anoikis.Genes & diseases · 2022Article
- Antibody-mediated blockade for galectin-3 binding protein in tumor secretome abrogates PDAC metastasis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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- A critical role of AREG for bleomycin-induced skin fibrosis.Cell & bioscience · 2021Article
- Nrf2 Activation Sensitizes K-Ras Mutant Pancreatic Cancer Cells to Glutaminase Inhibition.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Molecular mediators of peritoneal metastasis in pancreatic cancer.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2020Review
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Abstract
Pancreatic cancer, mostly pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), is one of the most lethal cancer types, with an estimated 44,330 death in 2018 in the US alone. While targeted therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors have significantly improved treatment options for patients with lung cancer and renal cell carcinomas, little progress has been made in pancreatic cancer, with a dismal 5-year survival rate currently at ~8%. Upon diagnosis, the majority of pancreatic cancer cases (~80%) are already metastatic. Thus, identifying ways to reduce pancreatic cancer metastasis is an unmet medical need. Furthermore, pancreatic cancer is notorious resistant to chemotherapy. While Kirsten RAt Sarcoma virus oncogene (K-RAS) mutation is the major driver for pancreatic cancer, specific inhibition of RAS signaling has been very challenging, and combination therapy is thought to be promising. In this study, we report that combination of hedgehog (Hh) and Mitogen-activated Protein/Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase Kinase (MEK) signaling inhibitors reduces pancreatic cancer metastasis in mouse models. In mouse models of pancreatic cancer metastasis using human pancreatic cancer cells, we found that Hh target gene
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