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ReviewBiomedicines2021

Pancreatic Cancer Signaling Pathways, Genetic Alterations, and Tumor Microenvironment: The Barriers Affecting the Method of Treatment.

Darya Javadrashid, Amir Baghbanzadeh, Afshin Derakhshani, Patrizia Leone, Nicola Silvestris, Vito Racanelli, Antonio Giovanni Solimando, Behzad Baradaran

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In one paragraph

Review in Biomedicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Darya JavadrashidImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5166614766, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-5220-6463
Amir BaghbanzadehImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5166614766, Iran.
Afshin DerakhshaniImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5166614766, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3243-233X
Patrizia LeoneGuido Baccelli Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, School of Medicine, Aldo Moro University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0904-1074
Nicola SilvestrisIRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7814-7318
Vito RacanelliGuido Baccelli Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, School of Medicine, Aldo Moro University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8639-1940
Antonio Giovanni SolimandoIRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2293-9698
Behzad BaradaranImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5166614766, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-8642-6795
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRIstituto Tumori Bari · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 20441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic alterations, especially the K-Ras mutation, carry the heaviest burden in the progression of pancreatic precursor lesions into pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The tumor microenvironment is one of the challenges that hinder the therapeutic approaches from functioning sufficiently and leads to the immune evasion of pancreatic malignant cells. Mastering the mechanisms of these two hallmarks of PDAC can help us in dealing with the obstacles in the way of treatment. In this review, we have analyzed the signaling pathways involved in PDAC development and the immune system's role in pancreatic cancer and immune checkpoint inhibition as next-generation therapeutic strategy. The direct targeting of the involved signaling molecules and the immune checkpoint molecules, along with a combination with conventional therapies, have reached the most promising results in pancreatic cancer treatment.

Indexed as

gene mutationimmune checkpointpancreatic adenocarcinomapancreatic cancerPDACsignaling pathway

Identifiers

PMID33918146
PMCPMC8067185
OpenAlexW3150537508

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