Circulating myeloid cells invade the brain during pancreatic cancer, where they accumulate at a unique central nervous system interface and drive anorexia and muscle catabolism.
Physiological and biochemical studies show that the treatment of a transgenic mouse model carrying recessive Ryr1 mutations with a combination of class II histone deacetylase inhibitors and DNA methyl transferase inhibitors significantly improves skeletal muscle function.
Janusz Franco-Barraza, Ralph Francescone ... Edna Cukierman
Stromal cell levels and localization of active α5β1-integrin are regulated by desmoplastic extracellular matrix control of αvβ5-integrin signaling, and predict clinical outcomes for pancreatic and renal cancer patients.
Profiling spatially defined fibroblasts in the pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumor microenvironment identifies high levels of podoplanin and hypoxia in tumor-proximal fibroblasts associated with bad prognosis, whilst inflammatory markers define more distal fibroblast regions and associate with better outcomes.
Tristan Gicquel, Fabio Marchiano ... Alice Carrier
Pancreatic cancer-associated muscle atrophy is characterized by strong mitochondrial metabolic defects that are not limited to carbohydrate, protein, and redox metabolism, but also concern lipid and nucleic acid metabolisms.
Behavioral, pharmacological, optogenetic, electrophysiological and computational analyses suggest that the anterior dorsal striatum is a causal node in the network responsible for evidence accumulation.