Search Results - "Crawford, Howard C."
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Mutant KRas-Induced Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Acinar Cells Upregulates EGFR Signaling to Drive Formation of Pancreatic Precancerous Lesions
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (15-03-2016)“…The development of pancreatic cancer requires the acquisition of oncogenic KRas mutations and upregulation of growth factor signaling, but the relationship…”
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Macrophage-Released Pyrimidines Inhibit Gemcitabine Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer
Published in Cell metabolism (04-06-2019)“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is characterized by abundant infiltration of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). TAMs have been reported to drive…”
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Ductal pancreatic cancer modeling and drug screening using human pluripotent stem cell– and patient-derived tumor organoids
Published in Nature medicine (01-11-2015)“…Human pluripotent stem cells can be differentiated into exocrine pancreas progenitor organoids, allowing studies of development and pancreatic cancer modeling…”
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Ablation of sensory neurons in a genetic model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma slows initiation and progression of cancer
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (15-03-2016)“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by an exuberant inflammatory desmoplastic response. The PDAC microenvironment is complex, containing…”
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Loss of FOXA1/2 Is Essential for the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Pancreatic Cancer
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-03-2010)“…FOXA1 and FOXA2, members of the forkhead transcription factor family, are critical for epithelial differentiation in many endoderm-derived organs, including…”
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Activation of the intrinsic fibroinflammatory program in adult pancreatic acinar cells triggered by Hippo signaling disruption
Published in PLoS biology (12-09-2019)“…Damaged acinar cells play a passive role in activating pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) via recruitment of immune cells that subsequently activate PSCs…”
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EGF Receptor Is Required for KRAS-Induced Pancreatic Tumorigenesis
Published in Cancer cell (11-09-2012)“…Initiation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is definitively linked to activating mutations in the KRAS oncogene. However, PDA mouse models show that…”
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iRhoms 1 and 2 are essential upstream regulators of ADAM17-dependent EGFR signaling
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-05-2015)“…The metalloproteinase ADAM17 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease 17) controls EGF receptor (EGFR) signaling by liberating EGFR ligands from their membrane…”
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Interleukin 22 Signaling Regulates Acinar Cell Plasticity to Promote Pancreatic Tumor Development in Mice
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-04-2020)“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive malignancy that invades surrounding structures and metastasizes rapidly. Although inflammation is…”
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Glutamine Anabolism Plays a Critical Role in Pancreatic Cancer by Coupling Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (29-10-2019)“…Glutamine is thought to play an important role in cancer cells by being deaminated via glutaminolysis to α-ketoglutarate (aKG) to fuel the tricarboxylic acid…”
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Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 (DDR1) Is Necessary for Tissue Homeostasis in Pancreatic Injury and Pathogenesis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-08-2020)“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) and chronic pancreatitis are characterized by a dense collagen-rich desmoplastic reaction. Discoidin domain receptor 1…”
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MYC regulates ductal-neuroendocrine lineage plasticity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma associated with poor outcome and chemoresistance
Published in Nature communications (23-11-2017)“…Intratumoral phenotypic heterogeneity has been described in many tumor types, where it can contribute to drug resistance and disease recurrence. We analyzed…”
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PI3K Regulation of RAC1 Is Required for KRAS-Induced Pancreatic Tumorigenesis in Mice
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-12-2014)“…Background & Aims New drug targets are urgently needed for the treatment of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). Nearly all PDAs contain…”
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ATDC binds to KEAP1 to drive NRF2-mediated tumorigenesis and chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer
Published in Genes & development (01-02-2021)“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a lethal disease characterized by late diagnosis, propensity for early metastasis and resistance to chemotherapy. Little is…”
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Combinatorial Gli activity directs immune infiltration and tumor growth in pancreatic cancer
Published in PLoS genetics (22-07-2022)“…Proper Hedgehog (HH) signaling is essential for embryonic development, while aberrant HH signaling drives pediatric and adult cancers. HH signaling is…”
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Metabolic requirement for GOT2 in pancreatic cancer depends on environmental context
Published in eLife (11-07-2022)“…Mitochondrial glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase 2 (GOT2) is part of the malate-aspartate shuttle, a mechanism by which cells transfer reducing equivalents…”
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PDX1 dynamically regulates pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma initiation and maintenance
Published in Genes & development (15-12-2016)“…Aberrant activation of embryonic signaling pathways is frequent in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), making developmental regulators therapeutically…”
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Oncogenic Ras induces inflammatory cytokine production by upregulating the squamous cell carcinoma antigens SerpinB3/B4
Published in Nature communications (23-04-2014)“…Mounting evidence indicates that oncogenic Ras can modulate cell autonomous inflammatory cytokine production, although the underlying mechanism remains…”
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An essential role for Argonaute 2 in EGFR-KRAS signaling in pancreatic cancer development
Published in Nature communications (04-06-2020)“…Both KRAS and EGFR are essential mediators of pancreatic cancer development and interact with Argonaute 2 (AGO2) to perturb its function. Here, in a mouse…”
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Identification and Manipulation of Biliary Metaplasia in Pancreatic Tumors
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-01-2014)“…Background & Aims Metaplasias often have characteristics of developmentally related tissues. Pancreatic metaplastic ducts are usually associated with…”
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