Masafumi Sada

Autophagy Is Required for Activation of Pancreatic Stellate Cells, Associated With Pancreatic Cancer Progression and Promotes Growth of Pancreatic Tumors in Mice

Sho Endo, Kohei Nakata, Kenoki Ohuchida et al. · Gastroenterology · 2017 · 235 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +11

Hypoxic stellate cells of pancreatic cancer stroma regulate extracellular matrix fiber organization and cancer cell motility

Masafumi Sada, Kenoki Ohuchida, Kohei Horioka et al. · Cancer Letters · 2016 · 101 citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Oncology +17

Extra-pancreatic invasion induces lipolytic and fibrotic changes in the adipose microenvironment, with released fatty acids enhancing the invasiveness of pancreatic cancer cells

Takashi Okumura, Kenoki Ohuchida, Masafumi Sada et al. · Oncotarget · 2017 · 77 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cell Biology, Oncology +17

Adipose tissue‐derived stromal cells are sources of cancer‐associated fibroblasts and enhance tumor progression by dense collagen matrix

Takashi Okumura, Kenoki Ohuchida, Shin Kibe et al. · International Journal of Cancer · 2018 · 74 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cell Biology, Oncology +17

CD166/ALCAM Expression Is Characteristic of Tumorigenicity and Invasive and Migratory Activities of Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Kenji Fujiwara, Kenoki Ohuchida, Masafumi Sada et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 54 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cell Biology, Oncology +14