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ArticleCell death & disease2026

Mitochondria-targeted metformin analogs activate the ER stress-unfolded protein response pathway to drive apoptosis in pancreatic cancer.

Maria Poimenidou, Jordan M Bobek, Donovan Drouillard, Tyler Harris, Elisabeth Solis, Chad Darnell, Donna McAllister, Robert F Keyes, Mayumi Ishihara-Aoki, Kazuhiro Aoki and 4 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Maria PoimenidouDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7429-9218
Jordan M BobekDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-0937
Donovan DrouillardDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2940-3511
Tyler HarrisDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-8845-7452
Elisabeth SolisDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-8900-0662
Chad DarnellCenter for Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-6947-4999
Donna McAllisterDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7332-1292
Robert F KeyesDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-8674-6391
Mayumi Ishihara-AokiCancer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8368-8546
Kazuhiro AokiCancer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0029-4291
Daisy SahooCenter for Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5210-6497
Balaraman KalyanaramanCancer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-8296
Brian C SmithDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6330-2768
Michael B DwinellDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA. mdwinell@mcw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5372-633X

Funding

Selective Uptake and Hydrolysis of Cholesteryl Ester by SR-BIR01HL058012 · NHLBI · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI SAHOO, DAISY · 1997 to 2023
$8.6M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM080202 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI BARBIERI, JOSEPH T, SALZMAN, NITA H · 2010 to 2024
$5.7M
Discovering and Exploiting Selectivity within Tandem BromodomainsR35GM128840 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Brian Christopher Smith · 2018 to 2026
$2.7M
Biased chemokine receptor signaling in cancer progressionR01CA226279 · NCI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI DWINELL, MICHAEL B · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
The role of CCR6 in Pancreatic Cancer and TregsF30CA291095 · NCI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Donovan G Drouillard · 2024 to 2026
$158k
Unraveling the Role of Modified HDL in AtherogenesisF31HL178112 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Jordan M Bobek · 2025 to 2026
$100k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA291095NCI NIH HHS R01 CA226279NHLBI NIH HHS F31 HL178112NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL058012NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128840NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM080202U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) CA226279U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) CA291095U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) F31HL178112U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) GM080202U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) GM12884U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) HL58012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating evidence indicates that evasion of apoptosis and metabolic reprogramming are necessary for pancreatic cancer growth, early invasion, and chemotherapeutic resistance. Building on our prior work, we investigated the anti-tumor potential of a rationally designed mitochondria-targeted variant of the anti-diabetic drug metformin, Mito-Met

Indexed as

ApoptosisEndoplasmic Reticulum StressMetforminMitochondriaPancreatic NeoplasmsUnfolded Protein ResponseActivating Transcription Factor 4AnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMetabolic ReprogrammingMiceMice, NudeSignal TransductionXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysActivating Transcription Factor 4Metformin

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PMID42173830
PMCPMC13372815

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