Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Smarcd3 is an epigenetic modulator of the metabolic landscape in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

  • L. Paige Ferguson,
  • Jovylyn Gatchalian,
  • Matthew L. McDermott,
  • Mari Nakamura,
  • Kendall Chambers,
  • Nirakar Rajbhandari,
  • Nikki K. Lytle,
  • Sara Brin Rosenthal,
  • Michael Hamilton,
  • Sonia Albini,
  • Martin Wartenberg,
  • Inti Zlobec,
  • José A. Galván,
  • Eva Karamitopoulou,
  • Vera Vavinskaya,
  • Alexis Wascher,
  • Andrew M. Lowy,
  • Christian M. Schürch,
  • Pier Lorenzo Puri,
  • Benoit G. Bruneau,
  • Diana C. Hargreaves,
  • Tannishtha Reya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35796-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Clinical management of pancreatic cancer remains challenging. Here, the authors suggest SMARCD3 as a potential epigenetic dependency establishing the metabolic landscape in aggressive pancreatic cancer cells and as a potential therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer.