[HTML][HTML] Hypoxia and the phenomenon of immune exclusion

V Pietrobon, FM Marincola - Journal of Translational Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Over the last few years, cancer immunotherapy experienced tremendous developments and
it is nowadays considered a promising strategy against many types of cancer. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Hypoxia, a targetable culprit to counter pancreatic cancer resistance to therapy

R Abou Khouzam, JM Lehn, H Mayr, PA Clavien… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hypoxia is a key feature of the tumor microenvironment involved in the
pathogenesis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). In this review we will highlight …

Metabolic and physiologic imaging biomarkers of the tumor microenvironment predict treatment outcome with radiation or a hypoxia-activated prodrug in mice

S Matsumoto, S Kishimoto, K Saito, Y Takakusagi… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by hypoxic niches that lead to
treatment resistance. Therefore, studies of tumor oxygenation and metabolic profiling should …

[HTML][HTML] Overview and future perspectives on tumor-targeted positron emission tomography and fluorescence imaging of pancreatic cancer in the era of neoadjuvant …

MA van Dam, FA Vuijk, JA Stibbe, RD Houvast… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer have a poor prognosis at time
of diagnosis, with a 5-year survival rate of merely 10%. The only treatment with curative …

Clinical trials targeting hypoxia

H Tharmalingham, P Hoskin - The British journal of radiology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The concept of tumour hypoxia as a cause of radiation resistance has been prevalent for
over 100 years. During this time, our understanding of tumour hypoxia has matured with the …

High-density infiltration of V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T-cell activation up-regulated immune cells in human pancreatic cancer

X Xie, C Xuan, T Li, L Wang, L Teng, J Liu - Pancreas, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objectives V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T-cell activation (VISTA) is constitutively
expressed in hematopoietic lineage and is highly up-regulated in tumor infiltrated myeloid …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting hypoxic microenvironment of pancreatic xenografts with the hypoxia-activated prodrug TH-302

I Lohse, J Rasowski, P Cao, M Pintilie, T Do, MS Tsao… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Previous reports have suggested that the hypoxic microenvironment provides a niche that
supports tumor stem cells, and that this might explain clinical observations linking hypoxia to …

Imaging of tumor characteristics and molecular pathways with PET: developments over the last decade toward personalized cancer therapy

LG Marcu, L Moghaddasi, E Bezak - International Journal of Radiation …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Improvements in personalized therapy are made possible by the advances in
molecular biology that led to developments in molecular imaging, allowing highly specific in …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying reoxygenation in pancreatic cancer during stereotactic body radiotherapy

E Taylor, J Zhou, P Lindsay, W Foltz, M Cheung… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Hypoxia, the state of low oxygenation that often arises in solid tumours due to their high
metabolism and irregular vasculature, is a major contributor to the resistance of tumours to …

[HTML][HTML] Perfluorocarbon nanodroplets can reoxygenate hypoxic tumors in vivo without carbogen breathing

Y Xiang, N Bernards, B Hoang, J Zheng… - …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nanoscale perfluorocarbon (PFC) droplets have enormous potential as clinical theranostic
agents. They are biocompatible and are currently used in vivo as contrast agents for a …