ArticleJournal of healthcare engineering2022
Nodal Enhances Perineural Invasion in Pancreatic Cancer by Promoting Tumor-Nerve Convergence.
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- Association of LAMA3 expression with perineural invasion and chemoresistance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Tumor Innervation: From Bystander to Emerging Therapeutic Target for Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Correlation between perineural invasion and clinicopathological characteristics in pancreatic cancer.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
- The neuro-immune axis in cancer: mechanisms of innervation-driven tumor progression and therapeutic opportunities.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Endosomal Trafficking Bypassed by the RAB5B-CD109 Interplay Promotes Axonogenesis in KRAS-Mutant Pancreatic Cancer.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Understanding the role of nerves in head and neck cancers - a review.Oncology reviews · 2024Review
- NGF-mediated crosstalk: unraveling the influence of metabolic deregulation on the interplay between neural and pancreatic cancer cells and its impact on patient outcomes.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- Hallmarks of perineural invasion in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: new biological dimensions.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Perineural invasion (PNI) is a typical feature of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which occurs in most cases. The embryonic protein Nodal plays a critical role in embryonic neural development and is overexpressed in human pancreatic cancer. In this study, we explored the contribution of Nodal to pancreatic cancer PNI and progression. We evaluated the function of Nodal in PNI by coculturing rat dorsal root ganglia and pancreatic cancer cells in vitro and performing cellular and molecular biology assays. The results illustrate that Nodal upregulates NGF (nerve growth factor), BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), and GDNF (glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor) expression in pancreatic cancer cells and promotes cancer cell migration/invasion. Furthermore, in the in vitro 3D PNI model, Nodal enhances nerve outgrowth to pancreatic cancer cell colonies. Our study indicates that Nodal participates in tumor invasion by mediating neural and tumor cell signaling interactions, and inhibiting the expression of Nodal represents a potential strategy for targeting PNI in pancreatic cancer therapy.
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