Collège De France (général)

Hugues de ThéCollège de FranceOncologie cellulaire et moléculaireAnnée 2023-2024Exploring the World of Protein Post-translational ModificationsConférence - Tony Hunter : New Insights into Intercellular Crosstalk between Different Cell Populations in Pancreatic Tumors That Can Be Translated into the ClinicTony HunterSalk Institute, La Jolla, California, USARésuméPancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDA) is one of the most lethal cancers, primarily due to late diagnosis. PDA is a highly stromal (desmoplastic) and poorly vascularized tumor with a dense extracellular matrix; only ~10% of the cells in the tumor are tumor cells, with the rest of the tumor microenvironment (TME) being comprised of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs, and immune cells, including tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). To investigate the role of cellular crosstalk between CAFs and tumor cells TME, we set out to identify paracrine factors secreted by activated CAFs in the tumor tissue that act on the tumor cells and can be targeted for therapeutic