Nature Communications (May 2022)

Rapid acceleration of KRAS-mutant pancreatic carcinogenesis via remodeling of tumor immune microenvironment by PPARδ

  • Yi Liu,
  • Yasunori Deguchi,
  • Daoyan Wei,
  • Fuyao Liu,
  • Micheline J. Moussalli,
  • Eriko Deguchi,
  • Donghui Li,
  • Huamin Wang,
  • Lovie Ann Valentin,
  • Jennifer K. Colby,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Xiaofeng Zheng,
  • Haoqiang Ying,
  • Mihai Gagea,
  • Baoan Ji,
  • Jiaqi Shi,
  • James C. Yao,
  • Xiangsheng Zuo,
  • Imad Shureiqi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30392-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN) can develop into pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), however, the factors which determine how this occurs are unknown. Here, the authors illustrate the role of PPARδ in the upregulation of CCL2, resulting in an immunosuppressive microenvironment, and driving the progression of PanIN to PDAC.