A Novel Role of Interleukin 13 Receptor alpha2 in Perineural Invasion and its Association with Poor Prognosis of Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Perineural invasion (PNI) is one of the major pathological characteristics of pancreatic ductal adeno-carcinoma (PDAC), which is mediated by invading cancer cells into nerve cells. Herein, we identify the overexpression of Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha2 (IL-13Rα2) in the PNI from 236 PDAC samples by...

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Main Authors: Toshio Fujisawa, Takeshi Shimamura, Kaku Goto, Ryo Nakagawa, Ryosuke Muroyama, Yoshinori Ino, Hajime Horiuchi, Itaru Endo, Shin Maeda, Yasushi Harihara, Atsushi Nakajima, Nobuyuki Matsuhashi, Naoya Kato, Hiroyuki Isayama, Ankit Puri, Akiko Suzuki, Ian Bellayr, Pamela Leland, Bharat H. Joshi, Raj K. Puri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/5/1294