Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Exploiting oxidative phosphorylation to promote the stem and immunoevasive properties of pancreatic cancer stem cells

  • Sandra Valle,
  • Sonia Alcalá,
  • Laura Martin-Hijano,
  • Pablo Cabezas-Sáinz,
  • Diego Navarro,
  • Edurne Ramos Muñoz,
  • Lourdes Yuste,
  • Kanishka Tiwary,
  • Karolin Walter,
  • Laura Ruiz-Cañas,
  • Marta Alonso-Nocelo,
  • Juan A. Rubiolo,
  • Emilio González-Arnay,
  • Christopher Heeschen,
  • Laura Garcia-Bermejo,
  • Patrick C. Hermann,
  • Laura Sánchez,
  • Patricia Sancho,
  • Miguel Ángel Fernández-Moreno,
  • Bruno Sainz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18954-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Long-term cultures of pancreatic cancer stem cells (PaCSCs) are difficult to obtain. Here, the authors present a 2D culture method, based on the use of galactose, to establish cell cultures from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma xenotransplants enriched in PaCSCs.