Dynamic Evolution of Fibroblasts Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Human Pancreatic Cancer

Overview

Journal Cancer Res Commun

Specialty Oncology

Date 2024 Nov 1

PMID 39485038

Authors

Slavica Dimitrieva

Jon M Harrison

Jonathan Chang

Michelle Piquet

Mari Mino-Kenudson

Millicent Gabriel

Vivek Sagar

Heiko Horn

Kasper Lage

Julie Kim

Gang Li

Shaobu Weng

Cynthia Harris

Anupriya S Kulkarni

David T Ting

Motaz Qadan

Peter J Fagenholz

Cristina R Ferrone

Angelo L Grauel

Tyler Laszewski

Alina Raza

Markus Riester

Tim Somerville

Joel P Wagner

Glenn Dranoff

Jeffrey A Engelman

Audrey Kauffmann

Rebecca Leary

Andrew L Warshaw

Keith D Lillemoe

Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo

David A Ruddy

Andrew S Liss

Viviana Cremasco

Affiliations

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Abstract

Pancreatic cancer remains a high unmet medical need. Understanding the interactions between stroma and cancer cells in this disease may unveil new opportunities for therapeutic intervention.

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