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YAP1 and TAZ Control Pancreatic Cancer Initiation in Mice by Direct Up-regulation of JAK-STAT3 Signaling.
Gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2016
Gruber Ralph, Panayiotou Richard, Nye Emma, Spencer-Dene Bradley, Stamp Gordon, Behrens Axel
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Pancreatitis is the most important risk factor for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Pancreatitis predisposes to PDAC because it induces a process of acinar cell reprogramming known as acinar-to-ductal metaplasia (ADM)-a precursor of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia lesions that can progress to PDAC. Mutations in KRAS are found at the earliest stages of pancreatic tumorigenesis, and...
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