Identification of Sox9-dependent acinar-to-ductal reprogramming as the principal mechanism for initiation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

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Published in Cancer Cell on November 29, 2012

Authors

Janel L Kopp1, Guido von Figura, Erin Mayes, Fen-Fen Liu, Claire L Dubois, John P Morris, Fong Cheng Pan, Haruhiko Akiyama, Christopher V E Wright, Kristin Jensen, Matthias Hebrok, Maike Sander

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0695, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Monitoring and Managing Glucose Levels in People With Pancreatic Cancer (PEGASUS) | NCT05132244

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