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ReviewCurrent cancer drug targets2025

Regulation and Crosstalk of Cells and Factors in the Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment.

Jia Xu, Songmei Lou, Hui Huang, Jian Xu, Feng Luo

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Review in Current cancer drug targets, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Integrative machine learning and neural networks for identifying PANoptosis-related lncRNA molecular subtypes and constructing a predictive model for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jia XuSchool of Medical Technology and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, P.R. China.ORCID 0009-0002-4036-4338
Songmei LouDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-7187-9142
Hui HuangSchool of Medical Technology and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-9411-6933
Jian XuSchool of Medical Technology and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, P.R. China.
Feng LuoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of TCM, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-2859-8852

Funding

Research and Development Project of Zhejiang Province 2024C3173Zhejiang Medicine and Health Science and Technology project 2024KY1213, 2024XY064Zhejiang Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Program 2023ZL056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant form of cancer that distinguishes itself from other gastrointestinal tumors through significant fibrosis and unique perineural invasion. These characteristics underscore the complexity of neural regulation within the pancreatic cancer Tumor Microenvironment (TME). This review aimed to explore the regulatory mechanisms and crosstalk among stromal cells and their factors within the pancreatic cancer microenvironment. We begin by reviewing the major components of the pancreatic cancer microenvironment, analyzing interactions among crucial cell types, such as Cancer-associated Fibroblasts (CAFs) and immune cells, and revealing the dynamic changes between tumor cells and surrounding nerves, immune, and stromal cells. We discuss the role of neural factors, including the Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), in the progression of pancreatic cancer and the mechanisms by which the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems regulate tumor cell growth, migration, and invasion. Interactions among stromal cells, cytokines, and neural factors in the pancreatic cancer microenvironment promote fibrosis and perineural invasion. A deeper understanding of the regulation and crosstalk among components in the pancreatic cancer microenvironment offers new perspectives for inhibiting fibrosis and perineural invasion in pancreatic cancer.

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Pancreatic NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCancer-Associated FibroblastsCell CommunicationHumansStromal Cellsmicroenvironmentneural factorsPancreatic cancerperineural invasion.stromal componentstumor

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