Dear Editor,Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC)treatment is focused on two regimens.The polychemotherapy,FOLFIRINOX(folinic acid,fluorouracil,irinotecan,oxali-platin),is used in patients with good health conditions...Dear Editor,Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC)treatment is focused on two regimens.The polychemotherapy,FOLFIRINOX(folinic acid,fluorouracil,irinotecan,oxali-platin),is used in patients with good health conditions[1],while gemcitabine,as monotherapy,in patients with poor health conditions[2–4].Gemcitabine resistance-associated pathways have been targeted to sensitize cancer cells,but the results were disappointing.Using a transcrip-tomic bioinformatics analysis combined with biological validation,we showed that glucuronidation was associ-ated with the gemcitabine resistance in PDAC,and its inhibition could switch tumors from resistant to sensitive.展开更多
基金supported by the National Cancer Institute(Grants number 2018-078,2019-037, 2018-079),Canceropole Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur,Amidex Foundation and the national institute of health and medical research.
文摘Dear Editor,Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC)treatment is focused on two regimens.The polychemotherapy,FOLFIRINOX(folinic acid,fluorouracil,irinotecan,oxali-platin),is used in patients with good health conditions[1],while gemcitabine,as monotherapy,in patients with poor health conditions[2–4].Gemcitabine resistance-associated pathways have been targeted to sensitize cancer cells,but the results were disappointing.Using a transcrip-tomic bioinformatics analysis combined with biological validation,we showed that glucuronidation was associ-ated with the gemcitabine resistance in PDAC,and its inhibition could switch tumors from resistant to sensitive.