The Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor E47 Reprograms Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells to a Quiescent Acinar State With Reduced Tumorigenic Potential

Sang Wun Kim, Reyhaneh Lahmy, Chelsea Riha, Challeng Yang, Brad L. Jakubison, Jaco van Niekerk, Claudio Staub, Yifan Wu, Keith P. Gates, Duc Si Dong,

Pancreas · 2015 · 50 citations · 49 references

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Abstract

Human PDA cells retain a high degree of plasticity, which can be exploited to induce a quiescent acinar cell state with reduced tumorigenic potential. Moreover, bHLH activity is a critical node coordinately regulating human PDA cell growth versus cell fate.

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