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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

Innate and adaptive immune-directed tumour microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Ann Mary Joseph, Ahmad Al Aiyan, Basel Al-Ramadi, Shiv K Singh, Uday Kishore

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ann Mary JosephDepartment of Veterinary Medicine (CAVM), United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Ahmad Al AiyanDepartment of Veterinary Medicine (CAVM), United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Basel Al-RamadiDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Shiv K SinghDepartment of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, University Medical Center, Goettingen, Germany.
Uday KishoreDepartment of Veterinary Medicine (CAVM), United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates University · AEUniversity of Göttingen · DEZayed University · AE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the most deadly and aggressive cancers in the world, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), typically manifests at an advanced stage. PDAC is becoming more common, and by the year 2030, it is expected to overtake lung cancer as the second greatest cause of cancer-related death. The poor prognosis can be attributed to a number of factors, including difficulties in early identification, a poor probability of curative radical resection, limited response to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and its immunotherapy resistance. Furthermore, an extensive desmoplastic stroma that surrounds PDAC forms a mechanical barrier that prevents vascularization and promotes poor immune cell penetration. Phenotypic heterogeneity, drug resistance, and immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment are the main causes of PDAC aggressiveness. There is a complex and dynamic interaction between tumor cells in PDAC with stromal cells within the tumour immune microenvironment. The immune suppressive microenvironment that promotes PDAC aggressiveness is contributed by a range of cellular and humoral factors, which itself are modulated by the cancer. In this review, we describe the role of innate and adaptive immune cells, complex tumor microenvironment in PDAC, humoral factors, innate immune-mediated therapeutic advances, and recent clinical trials in PDAC.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalPancreatic NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyTumor MicroenvironmentEMTimmune suppressionimmune surveillancemacrophagesPDACTMETNF-α

Identifiers

PMID38384463
PMCPMC10879611
OpenAlexW4391609667

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