Reversal of pancreatic desmoplasia by re-educating stellate cells with a tumour microenvironment-activated nanosystem

Stromal-tumour interactions play an important role in pancreatic cancer progression. Here, they describe the development of a tumour microenvironment-responsive gold nanoparticle system incorporating all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and siRNA against heat shock protein 47 (HSP47), for use in pancreati...

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Main Authors: Xuexiang Han, Yiye Li, Ying Xu, Xiao Zhao, Yinlong Zhang, Xiao Yang, Yongwei Wang, Ruifang Zhao, Gregory J. Anderson, Yuliang Zhao, Guangjun Nie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05906-x