| Literature DB >> 22975369 |
Rushika M Perera1, Nabeel Bardeesy.
Abstract
Acinar-to-ductal metaplasia (ADM) results from pancreatic injury or KRAS activation, and is an early step in pancreatic cancer progression. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Ardito and colleagues and Navas and colleagues demonstrate that ADM- and KRAS-driven pancreatic cancer require EGFR signaling, revealing a mechanism for developmental reprogramming that primes tumorigenesis.Entities:
Year: 2012 PMID: 22975369 PMCID: PMC3564545 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.08.019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Cell ISSN: 1535-6108 Impact factor: 31.743