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Volume 38 Issue 4
Apr.  2022
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Research advances in the mechanism of tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer and related targeted therapy

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2022.04.046
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  • Corresponding author: XU Min, xumin73@126.com(ORCID: 0000-0003-3224-9348)
  • Received Date: 2021-08-14
  • Accepted Date: 2021-09-26
  • Published Date: 2022-04-20
  • The tumor microenvironment of pancreatic carcinoma is a dense matrix environment with excessive fibrosis containing pancreatic stellate cells, cancer-associated fibroblasts, immune cells, and extracellular matrix, which not only creates an environment to promote the growth and invasion of tumors, but also makes them resistant to chemotherapy and other antitumor drugs. Intensive fibrosis reaction in the matrix and changes of tumors in immune environment are considered the main reasons for treatment failure in pancreatic cancer management. This article reviews the recent research advances in the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer, summarizes its composition and pathogenesis and the targeted therapies for matrix and immune cells, and analyzes the importance of tumor microenvironment in the development and progression of pancreatic cancer and its impact on targeted therapy.

     

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