Targeting the complexity of Src signalling in the tumour microenvironment of pancreatic cancer: from mechanism to therapy.

ABSTRACT: Pancreatic cancer, a disease with extremely poor prognosis, has been notoriously resistant to virtually all forms of treatment. The dynamic crosstalk that occurs between tumour cells and the surrounding stroma, frequently mediated by intricate Src/FAK signalling, is increasingly recognised as a key player in pancreatic tumourigenesis, disease progression and therapeutic resistance. These important cues are fundamental for defining the invasive potential of pancreatic tumours, and several components of the Src and downstream effector signalling have been proposed as potent anticancer therapeutic targets. Consequently, numerous agents that block this complex network are being extensively investigated as potential antiinvasive and antimetastatic therapeutic agents for this disease. In this re

SUBMITTER: Parkin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6771888 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature