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Convergence for Inactivation of TGFβ Signaling Is a Common Feature of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
Cancer discovery - 1 Jun 2026
Hong Jungeui, Kohutek Zachary A, Zhang Haochen, Lecomte Nicolas, Karnoub Elias-Ramzey, Kappagantula Rajya, Wood Laura D, O'Reilly Eileen M, Reyngold Marsha, Crane Christopher H, Iacobuzio-Donahue Christine A
Abstract excerpt
We performed whole-exome sequencing of 250 unique tumor tissues from 30 multi-region sampled pancreatic cancer research autopsies from patients diagnosed with advanced-stage disease. Convergent evolution within the TGFβ pathway is a common feature of advanced-stage disease. However, SMAD4 inactivation is more common among de novo metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), whereas inactivation of TGFβ...
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