Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Sympathetic axonal sprouting induces changes in macrophage populations and protects against pancreatic cancer

  • Jérémy Guillot,
  • Chloé Dominici,
  • Adrien Lucchesi,
  • Huyen Thi Trang Nguyen,
  • Angélique Puget,
  • Mélanie Hocine,
  • Martha M. Rangel-Sosa,
  • Milesa Simic,
  • Jérémy Nigri,
  • Fabienne Guillaumond,
  • Martin Bigonnet,
  • Nelson Dusetti,
  • Jimmy Perrot,
  • Jonathan Lopez,
  • Anders Etzerodt,
  • Toby Lawrence,
  • Pierre Pudlo,
  • Florence Hubert,
  • Jean-Yves Scoazec,
  • Serge A. van de Pavert,
  • Richard Tomasini,
  • Sophie Chauvet,
  • Fanny Mann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29659-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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The autonomic nervous systems densely innervate the pancreas, but its contribution to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) progression is not fully understood. Here, the authors characterize the pattern of sympathetic innervation by 3D imaging in a murine model of PDAC and show that sympathectomy aggravates cancer progression.