General Information of the Disease (ID: DIS00074)
Name
Pancreatic cancer
ICD
ICD-11: 2C10
Resistance Map
Type(s) of Resistant Mechanism of This Disease
  ADTT: Aberration of the Drug's Therapeutic Target
  DISM: Drug Inactivation by Structure Modification
  EADR: Epigenetic Alteration of DNA, RNA or Protein
  IDUE: Irregularity in Drug Uptake and Drug Efflux
  MRAP: Metabolic Reprogramming via Altered Pathways
  RTDM: Regulation by the Disease Microenvironment
  UAPP: Unusual Activation of Pro-survival Pathway
Drug Resistance Data Categorized by Drug
Approved Drug(s)
11 drug(s) in total
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Irinotecan
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Drug Resistance Data Categorized by Their Corresponding Mechanisms
  Metabolic Reprogramming via Altered Pathways (MRAP) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Irinotecan
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.01E-17
Fold-change: 4.09E-01
Z-score: 9.54E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model Female SCID mice of 6-week-old, with fresh tissue from patient Mice
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Tumor volume assay
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 2 member 1 (SLC2A1) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Irinotecan
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.33E-08
Fold-change: 5.47E-01
Z-score: 5.83E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model Female SCID mice of 4-week-old, with fresh tissue from patient Mice
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Tumor volume assay
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Irinotecan
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.01E-17
Fold-change: 4.09E-01
Z-score: 9.54E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model HCC patients Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 2 member 1 (SLC2A1) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Irinotecan
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.33E-08
Fold-change: 5.47E-01
Z-score: 5.83E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model HCC patients Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Fluorouracil
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Drug Resistance Data Categorized by Their Corresponding Mechanisms
  Metabolic Reprogramming via Altered Pathways (MRAP) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.01E-17
Fold-change: 4.09E-01
Z-score: 9.54E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model Female SCID mice of 6-week-old, with fresh tissue from patient Mice
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Tumor volume assay
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 2 member 1 (SLC2A1) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.33E-08
Fold-change: 5.47E-01
Z-score: 5.83E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model Female SCID mice of 4-week-old, with fresh tissue from patient Mice
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Tumor volume assay
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 2 (ASAH2) [2]
Metabolic Type Redox metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.44E-01
Fold-change: 1.83E-01
Z-score: 9.68E-01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
TB32048 cells N.A. Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
IC50 assay
Mechanism Description Mechanistically, our proteomic analysis reveals a consistent up-regulation of sphingolipid metabolic enzyme ASAH2 and beta5-integrin expression in GemR pancreatic and lung cancer cells as well as stable beta5-integrin-expressing cells.
Key Molecule: Integrin beta-5 (ITGB5) [2]
Metabolic Type Redox metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.91E-26
Fold-change: 7.66E-01
Z-score: 1.30E+01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
TB32048 cells N.A. Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
IC50 assay
Mechanism Description Mechanistically, our proteomic analysis reveals a consistent up-regulation of sphingolipid metabolic enzyme ASAH2 and beta5-integrin expression in GemR pancreatic and lung cancer cells as well as stable beta5-integrin-expressing cells.
Key Molecule: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.01E-17
Fold-change: 4.09E-01
Z-score: 9.54E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model HCC patients Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 2 member 1 (SLC2A1) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.33E-08
Fold-change: 5.47E-01
Z-score: 5.83E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model HCC patients Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.01E-17
Fold-change: 4.09E-01
Z-score: 9.54E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model HCC patients Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 2 member 1 (SLC2A1) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.33E-08
Fold-change: 5.47E-01
Z-score: 5.83E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model HCC patients Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Aldolase B, fructose-bisphosphate (ALDOB) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model HCC patients Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Aldolase B, fructose-bisphosphate (ALDOB) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model HCC patients Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Aldolase B, fructose-bisphosphate (ALDOB) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model Female SCID mice of 5-week-old, with fresh tissue from patient Mice
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Tumor volume assay
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
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Key Molecule: Protein salvador homolog 1 (SAV1) [6]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 7.75E-14
Fold-change: -5.70E-01
Z-score: -8.32E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Hippo signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-181c directly repressed MST1, LATS2, MOB1 and SAV1 expression in human pancreatic cancer cells. Overexpression of miR-181c induced hyperactivation of the YAP/TAZ and (+) expression of the Hippo signaling downstream genes CTGF, BIRC5 and BLC2L1, leading to pancreatic cancer cell survival and chemoresistance in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, high miR-181c levels were significantly correlated with Hippo signaling inactivation in pancreatic cancer samples, and predicted a poor patient overall survival.
Key Molecule: Programmed cell death protein 4 (PDCD4) [31], [32]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.56E-02
Fold-change: -2.17E-01
Z-score: -2.68E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
PATU8988 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
293TN cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_UL49
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Wound Healing assay; Matrigel transmembrane invasion assay
Mechanism Description miR-21 regulates 5-FU drug resistance in pancreatic cancer by reducing the expression of its targets, PTEN and PDCD4. And PTEN and PDCD4, as tumor suppressors, not only can inhibit tumor growth and invasion, but also can downregulate the 5-FU resistance induced by miR-21 in pancreatic cancer cells.
Key Molecule: Retinoblastoma-associated protein (RB1) [44]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
PATU8988 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
293TN cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_UL49
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
5-FU and gemcitabine assay; CCK8 assay; Wound healing assay; Transwell chamber invasion assay
Mechanism Description miRNA-221-3p desensitizes pancreatic cancer cells to 5-fluorouracil by targeting RB1. miR221-3p down-regulated RB1 expression by directly binding to its 3'-UTR and therefore caused increased several aspects of pancreatic cancer pathogenesis, including proliferation, migration, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).
Key Molecule: RAC serine/threonine-protein kinase (AKT) [15]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Phosphorylation
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation AKT signaling pathway Activation hsa04151
Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
ERK signaling pathway Activation hsa04210
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
CFPAC1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1119
HPAC cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3517
In Vivo Model BALB/c nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay; Wound-healing assay
Mechanism Description CUDR overexpression inhibits cell apoptosis and promotes drug resistance in PDAC and CUDR overexpression in Panc-1 cells significantly increased phosphorylated (p-) focal adhesion kinase (FAk) and p-AkT levels, whereas the total FAk and AkT were not altered compared with in Panc-1 cells transfected with an empty vector.
Key Molecule: Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) [15]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Phosphorylation
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation AKT signaling pathway Activation hsa04151
Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
ERK signaling pathway Activation hsa04210
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
CFPAC1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1119
HPAC cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3517
In Vivo Model BALB/c nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay; Wound-healing assay
Mechanism Description CUDR overexpression inhibits cell apoptosis and promotes drug resistance in PDAC and CUDR overexpression in Panc-1 cells significantly increased phosphorylated (p-) focal adhesion kinase (FAk) and p-AkT levels, whereas the total FAk and AkT were not altered compared with in Panc-1 cells transfected with an empty vector.
Key Molecule: Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) [31]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
PATU8988 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
293TN cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_UL49
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description miR-21 regulates 5-FU drug resistance in pancreatic cancer by reducing the expression of its targets, PTEN and PDCD4. And PTEN and PDCD4, as tumor suppressors, not only can inhibit tumor growth and invasion, but also can downregulate the 5-FU resistance induced by miR-21 in pancreatic cancer cells.
Key Molecule: Serine/threonine-protein kinase LATS2 (LATS2) [6]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Hippo signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-181c directly repressed MST1, LATS2, MOB1 and SAV1 expression in human pancreatic cancer cells. Overexpression of miR-181c induced hyperactivation of the YAP/TAZ and (+) expression of the Hippo signaling downstream genes CTGF, BIRC5 and BLC2L1, leading to pancreatic cancer cell survival and chemoresistance in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, high miR-181c levels were significantly correlated with Hippo signaling inactivation in pancreatic cancer samples, and predicted a poor patient overall survival.
Key Molecule: MOB kinase activator 1A (MOB1A) [6]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Hippo signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-181c directly repressed MST1, LATS2, MOB1 and SAV1 expression in human pancreatic cancer cells. Overexpression of miR-181c induced hyperactivation of the YAP/TAZ and (+) expression of the Hippo signaling downstream genes CTGF, BIRC5 and BLC2L1, leading to pancreatic cancer cell survival and chemoresistance in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, high miR-181c levels were significantly correlated with Hippo signaling inactivation in pancreatic cancer samples, and predicted a poor patient overall survival.
Key Molecule: Serine/threonine-protein kinase 4 (MST1) [6]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Hippo signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-181c directly repressed MST1, LATS2, MOB1 and SAV1 expression in human pancreatic cancer cells. Overexpression of miR-181c induced hyperactivation of the YAP/TAZ and (+) expression of the Hippo signaling downstream genes CTGF, BIRC5 and BLC2L1, leading to pancreatic cancer cell survival and chemoresistance in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, high miR-181c levels were significantly correlated with Hippo signaling inactivation in pancreatic cancer samples, and predicted a poor patient overall survival.
Key Molecule: Cyclin-G2 (CCNG2) [45]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description The in vitro drug sensitivity of pancreatic cancer cells was altered according to the miR-1246 expression via CCNG2. In vivo, we found that miR-1246 could increase tumour-initiating potential and induced drug resistance. A high expression level of miR-1246 was correlated with a worse prognosis and CCNG2 expression was significantly lower in those patients. miR-1246 expression was associated with chemoresistance and CSC-like properties via CCNG2, and could predict worse prognosis in pancreatic cancer patients.
  Epigenetic Alteration of DNA, RNA or Protein (EADR) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Urothelial cancer associated 1 (UCA1) [15]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.90E-08
Fold-change: 5.54E+00
Z-score: 5.81E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation AKT signaling pathway Activation hsa04151
Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
ERK signaling pathway Activation hsa04210
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
CFPAC1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1119
HPAC cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3517
In Vivo Model BALB/c nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay; Wound-healing assay
Mechanism Description CUDR overexpression inhibits cell apoptosis and promotes drug resistance in PDAC and CUDR overexpression in Panc-1 cells significantly increased phosphorylated (p-) focal adhesion kinase (FAk) and p-AkT levels, whereas the total FAk and AkT were not altered compared with in Panc-1 cells transfected with an empty vector.
Key Molecule: Growth arrest specific 5 (GAS5) [34]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 6.05E-15
Fold-change: -8.27E-01
Z-score: -8.25E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Hippo signaling pathway Inhibition hsa04390
In Vitro Model SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
5-FU cells Colon Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
PATU8988 Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1847
PATU8988 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
SW1990/GEM cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_ZW98
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description GAS5 regualtes Hippo signaling pathway via miR181c-5p to antagonize the development of multidrug resistance in pancreatic cancer cells. GAS5 regulated chemoresistance and Hippo pathway of pancreatic cancer cells via miR181c-5p/Hippo.
Key Molecule: DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 5 (DGCR5) [35]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 7.83E-10
Fold-change: -1.00E+00
Z-score: -6.33E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
HAPC cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description DGCR5 and miR320a regulate each other in a reciprocal manner and that DGCR5 reverses the inhibition of PDCD4 by miR320a, which is involved in the regulation of the PDAC cell phenotype and response to 5-FU. miR320a is involved in 5-FU resistance modulated by DGCR5.
Key Molecule: hsa-miR-221-3p [44]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
PATU8988 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
293TN cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_UL49
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
5-FU and gemcitabine assay; CCK8 assay; Wound healing assay; Transwell chamber invasion assay
Mechanism Description miRNA-221-3p desensitizes pancreatic cancer cells to 5-fluorouracil by targeting RB1. miR221-3p down-regulated RB1 expression by directly binding to its 3'-UTR and therefore caused increased several aspects of pancreatic cancer pathogenesis, including proliferation, migration, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-21 [31]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
PATU8988 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
293TN cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_UL49
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description miR-21 regulates 5-FU drug resistance in pancreatic cancer by reducing the expression of its targets, PTEN and PDCD4. And PTEN and PDCD4, as tumor suppressors, not only can inhibit tumor growth and invasion, but also can downregulate the 5-FU resistance induced by miR-21 in pancreatic cancer cells.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-181c [6]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Hippo signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-181c directly repressed MST1, LATS2, MOB1 and SAV1 expression in human pancreatic cancer cells. Overexpression of miR-181c induced hyperactivation of the YAP/TAZ and (+) expression of the Hippo signaling downstream genes CTGF, BIRC5 and BLC2L1, leading to pancreatic cancer cell survival and chemoresistance in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, high miR-181c levels were significantly correlated with Hippo signaling inactivation in pancreatic cancer samples, and predicted a poor patient overall survival.
Key Molecule: hsa-miR-1246 [45]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description The in vitro drug sensitivity of pancreatic cancer cells was altered according to the miR-1246 expression via CCNG2. In vivo, we found that miR-1246 could increase tumour-initiating potential and induced drug resistance. A high expression level of miR-1246 was correlated with a worse prognosis and CCNG2 expression was significantly lower in those patients. miR-1246 expression was associated with chemoresistance and CSC-like properties via CCNG2, and could predict worse prognosis in pancreatic cancer patients.
  Regulation by the Disease Microenvironment (RTDM) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-320 [32]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
PATU8988 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Wound Healing assay; Matrigel transmembrane invasion assay
Mechanism Description miR-320a was up-regulated in 5-FU resistant pancreatic cancer cells and that miR-320a could promote pancreatic cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion then contributed to the increased 5-FU resistance. Researchers think miR-320a could suppress cell apoptosis by inhibiting PDCD4 and further contribute to drug-resistance, which will be studied in future.
Drug Sensitivity Data Categorized by Their Corresponding Mechanisms
  Epigenetic Alteration of DNA, RNA or Protein (EADR) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-320 [35]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Sensitive Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell migration Inhibition hsa04670
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model SUDHL-4 cells Peritoneal effusion Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0539
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description DGCR5 and miR320a regulate each other in a reciprocal manner and that DGCR5 reverses the inhibition of PDCD4 by miR320a, which is involved in the regulation of the PDAC cell phenotype and response to 5-FU. miR320a is involved in 5-FU resistance modulated by DGCR5. DGCR5 reversed the inhibition of the miR320a target gene PDCD4, which in turn inhibited the proliferation, migration and 5-FU resistance of PDAC cells.
Key Molecule: hsa-miR-181c-5p [34]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Hippo signaling pathway Inhibition hsa04390
In Vitro Model SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
5-FU cells Colon Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
PATU8988 Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1847
PATU8988 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
SW1990/GEM cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_ZW98
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Long non-coding RNA GAS5 antagonizes the chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer cells through down-regulation of miR181c-5p. GAS5 negatively regulated miR181c-5p, and miR181c-5p dramatically promoted pancreatic cancer cell chemoresistance through inactivating the Hippo signaling.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-21 [46]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Fluorouracil
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
HPAC cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3517
HPAF-II cells Pancreatic Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0313
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
SRB (sulforhodamine-B) assay
Mechanism Description Low miR-21 expression was associated with benefit from adjuvant treatment in two independent cohorts of PDAC cases, and anti-miR-21 increased anticancer drug activity in vitro.
Gemcitabine
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Drug Resistance Data Categorized by Their Corresponding Mechanisms
  Metabolic Reprogramming via Altered Pathways (MRAP) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Transglutaminase 2 (TGM2) [3]
Metabolic Type Glutamine metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 9.67E-17
Fold-change: 6.28E-01
Z-score: 9.67E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Patu-8988 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
IC50 assay
Mechanism Description Functional and clinical verification revealed that a higher TGM2 expression is linked with a worse patient survival, an increased IC50 value of gemcitabine, and a higher abundance of tumor-infiltrating macrophages in pancreatic cancer. Mechanistically, we found that increased C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) release mediated by TGM2 contributes to macrophage infiltration into the tumor microenvironment.
Key Molecule: N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 2 (ASAH2) [2]
Metabolic Type Redox metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.44E-01
Fold-change: 1.83E-01
Z-score: 9.68E-01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
TB32048 cells N.A. Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
IC50 assay
Mechanism Description Mechanistically, our proteomic analysis reveals a consistent up-regulation of sphingolipid metabolic enzyme ASAH2 and beta5-integrin expression in GemR pancreatic and lung cancer cells as well as stable beta5-integrin-expressing cells.
Key Molecule: Integrin beta-5 (ITGB5) [2]
Metabolic Type Redox metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.91E-26
Fold-change: 7.66E-01
Z-score: 1.30E+01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
TB32048 cells N.A. Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
IC50 assay
Mechanism Description Mechanistically, our proteomic analysis reveals a consistent up-regulation of sphingolipid metabolic enzyme ASAH2 and beta5-integrin expression in GemR pancreatic and lung cancer cells as well as stable beta5-integrin-expressing cells.
Key Molecule: Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B (CPT1B) [55]
Metabolic Type Lipid metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Hepatocellular carcinoma Activation hsa05225
Fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis Activation hsa05418
In Vivo Model Patients with PDAC Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blotting and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Overall survival assay (OS)
Mechanism Description In our study, we observed that the CPT1B expression level was higher in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tissues than in normal tissues and correlated with a low rate of survival. Moreover, silencing of CPT1B significantly suppressed the proliferative ability and metastasis of Pancreatic Cancercells. Furthermore, we discovered that CPT1B interacts with Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1, and CPT1B knockdown led to decreased NRF2 expression and ferroptosis induction. In addition, CPT1B expression increased after gemcitabine treatment, and it was highly expressed in gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. Finally, we discovered that ferroptosis induced by CPT1B knockdown enhanced the gemcitabine toxicity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Key Molecule: Monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) [56]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model Cancer-associated fibroblasts Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Mechanism Description Shikonin suppressed monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) expression and cellular membrane translocation to inhibit aerobic glycolysis in CAFs. Overexpression of MCT4 accordingly reversed the inhibitory effects of shikonin on PC cell-induced transactivation and aerobic glycolysis in CAFs, and reduced its sensitizing effects.
Key Molecule: Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B (CPT1B) [55]
Metabolic Type Lipid metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Hepatocellular carcinoma Activation hsa05225
Fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis Activation hsa05418
In Vitro Model MiaPaCa-2 cells Blood Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blotting and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description In our study, we observed that the CPT1B expression level was higher in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tissues than in normal tissues and correlated with a low rate of survival. Moreover, silencing of CPT1B significantly suppressed the proliferative ability and metastasis of Pancreatic Cancercells. Furthermore, we discovered that CPT1B interacts with Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1, and CPT1B knockdown led to decreased NRF2 expression and ferroptosis induction. In addition, CPT1B expression increased after gemcitabine treatment, and it was highly expressed in gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. Finally, we discovered that ferroptosis induced by CPT2B knockdown enhanced the gemcitabine toxicity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Key Molecule: Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B (CPT1B) [55]
Metabolic Type Lipid metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Hepatocellular carcinoma Activation hsa05225
Fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis Activation hsa05418
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blotting and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description In our study, we observed that the CPT1B expression level was higher in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tissues than in normal tissues and correlated with a low rate of survival. Moreover, silencing of CPT1B significantly suppressed the proliferative ability and metastasis of Pancreatic Cancercells. Furthermore, we discovered that CPT1B interacts with Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1, and CPT1B knockdown led to decreased NRF2 expression and ferroptosis induction. In addition, CPT1B expression increased after gemcitabine treatment, and it was highly expressed in gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. Finally, we discovered that ferroptosis induced by CPT3B knockdown enhanced the gemcitabine toxicity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Key Molecule: Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B (CPT1B) [55]
Metabolic Type Lipid metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Hepatocellular carcinoma Activation hsa05225
Fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis Activation hsa05418
In Vitro Model MiaPaCa-2 cells with CPT1B knockdown Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blotting and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description In our study, we observed that the CPT1B expression level was higher in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tissues than in normal tissues and correlated with a low rate of survival. Moreover, silencing of CPT1B significantly suppressed the proliferative ability and metastasis of Pancreatic Cancercells. Furthermore, we discovered that CPT1B interacts with Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1, and CPT1B knockdown led to decreased NRF2 expression and ferroptosis induction. In addition, CPT1B expression increased after gemcitabine treatment, and it was highly expressed in gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. Finally, we discovered that ferroptosis induced by CPT4B knockdown enhanced the gemcitabine toxicity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Key Molecule: Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B (CPT1B) [55]
Metabolic Type Lipid metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Hepatocellular carcinoma Activation hsa05225
Fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis Activation hsa05418
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells with CPT1B knockdown Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blotting and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description In our study, we observed that the CPT1B expression level was higher in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tissues than in normal tissues and correlated with a low rate of survival. Moreover, silencing of CPT1B significantly suppressed the proliferative ability and metastasis of Pancreatic Cancercells. Furthermore, we discovered that CPT1B interacts with Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1, and CPT1B knockdown led to decreased NRF2 expression and ferroptosis induction. In addition, CPT1B expression increased after gemcitabine treatment, and it was highly expressed in gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. Finally, we discovered that ferroptosis induced by CPT5B knockdown enhanced the gemcitabine toxicity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Key Molecule: Deoxycytidine kinase (DCK) [57]
Metabolic Type Mitochondrial metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Mutation
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Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model CFPAC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1119
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Cell viability assay
Mechanism Description Moreover, enrichment of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS)-associated genes was a common property shared by PDAC cell lines, and patient clinical samples coupled with low DCK expression was also demonstrated, which implicates DCK in cancer metabolism. In this article, we reveal that the expression of most genes encoding mitochondrial complexes is remarkably upregulated in PDAC patients with low DCK expression. The DCK-knockout (DCK KO) CFPAC-1 PDAC cell line model reiterated this observation.
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 38 member 5 (SLC38A5) [58]
Metabolic Type Redox metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Cell viability assay
Mechanism Description Here, we found that SLC38A5, a glutamine transporter, is more highly overexpressed in gemcitabine-resistant patients than in gemcitabine-sensitive patients. Furthermore, the deletion of SLC38A5 decreased the proliferation and migration of gemcitabine-resistant PDAC cells. We also found that the inhibition of SLC38A5 triggered the ferroptosis signaling pathway via RNA sequencing.
Key Molecule: Tumor protein p53 (TP53) [59]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Mutation
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Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vivo Model PDXs model Mice
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Tumor volume assay
Mechanism Description Therefore, in the present study, we set out to reprocess and reanalyze the PDAC PDX gene expression data produced by Yang et al. (referred to as the Yang dataset hereafter) using our validated pipeline to identify markers of intrinsic and acquired resistance to gemcitabine. The association between presence of pathogenic TP53 mutations and gemcitabine response was also examined.
Key Molecule: Monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) [56]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Cell viability assay
Mechanism Description Shikonin suppressed monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) expression and cellular membrane translocation to inhibit aerobic glycolysis in CAFs. Overexpression of MCT4 accordingly reversed the inhibitory effects of shikonin on PC cell-induced transactivation and aerobic glycolysis in CAFs, and reduced its sensitizing effects.
Key Molecule: Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B (CPT1B) [55]
Metabolic Type Lipid metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Hepatocellular carcinoma Activation hsa05225
Fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis Activation hsa05418
In Vivo Model Cell-derived xenografts were created in mice using MiaPaCa-2 cells with CPT1B knockdown and scramble short hairpin RNA Mice
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blotting and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Tumor volume assay
Mechanism Description In our study, we observed that the CPT1B expression level was higher in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tissues than in normal tissues and correlated with a low rate of survival. Moreover, silencing of CPT1B significantly suppressed the proliferative ability and metastasis of Pancreatic Cancercells. Furthermore, we discovered that CPT1B interacts with Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1, and CPT1B knockdown led to decreased NRF2 expression and ferroptosis induction. In addition, CPT1B expression increased after gemcitabine treatment, and it was highly expressed in gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. Finally, we discovered that ferroptosis induced by CPT6B knockdown enhanced the gemcitabine toxicity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Key Molecule: Monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) [56]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vivo Model BALB/c mice injected with PANC-1 cells; BALB/c mice injected with PANC-1 cells plus CAFs Mice
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Tumor volume assay
Mechanism Description Shikonin suppressed monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) expression and cellular membrane translocation to inhibit aerobic glycolysis in CAFs. Overexpression of MCT4 accordingly reversed the inhibitory effects of shikonin on PC cell-induced transactivation and aerobic glycolysis in CAFs, and reduced its sensitizing effects.
  Irregularity in Drug Uptake and Drug Efflux (IDUE) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 29 member 1 (SLC29A1) [4]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 4.44E-05
Fold-change: -6.19E-01
Z-score: -4.29E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Mechanism Description Gemcitabine could be a substrate for several nucleoside transporters (NTs), but its major uptake occurs via the equilibrative and concentrative type NTs (ENTs and CNTs, respectively). ENT1, CNT1 and CNT3 have often been related to gemcitabine transport and resistance in humans. When ENT1 knockout conferred gemcitabine resistance, while its up regulation enhanced its cytotoxic activity. Similarly, retroviral expression of CNT1 renders ovarian cancer cells sensitive to gemcitabine in vitro.
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 28 member 1 (SLC28A1) [4]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.99E-02
Fold-change: -5.93E-02
Z-score: -2.35E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Mechanism Description Gemcitabine could be a substrate for several nucleoside transporters (NTs), but its major uptake occurs via the equilibrative and concentrative type NTs (ENTs and CNTs, respectively). ENT1, CNT1 and CNT3 have often been related to gemcitabine transport and resistance in humans. When ENT1 knockout conferred gemcitabine resistance, while its up regulation enhanced its cytotoxic activity. Similarly, retroviral expression of CNT1 renders ovarian cancer cells sensitive to gemcitabine in vitro.
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 28 member 3 (SLC28A3) [4]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.43E-01
Fold-change: -8.82E-02
Z-score: -1.21E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Mechanism Description Gemcitabine could be a substrate for several nucleoside transporters (NTs), but its major uptake occurs via the equilibrative and concentrative type NTs (ENTs and CNTs, respectively). ENT1, CNT1 and CNT3 have often been related to gemcitabine transport and resistance in humans. When ENT1 knockout conferred gemcitabine resistance, while its up regulation enhanced its cytotoxic activity. Similarly, retroviral expression of CNT1 renders ovarian cancer cells sensitive to gemcitabine in vitro.
  Unusual Activation of Pro-survival Pathway (UAPP) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: DNA excision repair protein ERCC-1 (ERCC1) [4]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 9.00E-04
Fold-change: 4.20E-01
Z-score: 3.43E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Mechanism Description Excision repair cross-complementation 1 (ERCC1) is a DNA repair endonuclease responsible for the incision of DNA cross-link-induced double-strand breaks. ERCC1 can repair gemcitabine-induced strand breaks, and its overexpression is well documented in poor gemcitabine responders.
Key Molecule: Protein salvador homolog 1 (SAV1) [6]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 7.75E-14
Fold-change: -5.70E-01
Z-score: -8.32E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Hippo signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-181c directly repressed MST1, LATS2, MOB1 and SAV1 expression in human pancreatic cancer cells. Overexpression of miR-181c induced hyperactivation of the YAP/TAZ and (+) expression of the Hippo signaling downstream genes CTGF, BIRC5 and BLC2L1, leading to pancreatic cancer cell survival and chemoresistance in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, high miR-181c levels were significantly correlated with Hippo signaling inactivation in pancreatic cancer samples, and predicted a poor patient overall survival.
Key Molecule: Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) [11]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.83E-04
Fold-change: 1.13E-01
Z-score: 3.86E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Luciferase reporter assay; Western blot analysis; RT-qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay; Soft agar assay
Mechanism Description Long non-coding RNA LINC00346 promotes pancreatic cancer growth and gemcitabine resistance by sponging miR-188-3p to derepress BRD4 expression.
Key Molecule: Homeobox protein Hox-A13 (HOXA13) [14]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.13E-10
Fold-change: 2.33E-01
Z-score: 6.99E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
HOTTIP/HOXA13 signaling pathway Activation hsa05202
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0026
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description The long non-coding RNA HOTTIP promotes progression and gemcitabine resistance by regulating HOXA13 in pancreatic cancer.Microarray analyses revealed that HOTTIP was one of the most significantly upregulated LncRNAs in PDAC tissues compared with pancreatic tissues.Furthermore, knockdown of HOXA13 by RNA interference (siHOXA13) revealed that HOTTIP promoted PDAC cell proliferation, invasion, and chemoresistance, at least partly through regulating HOXA13. As a crucial tumor promoter, HOTTIP promotes cell proliferation, invasion, and chemoresistance by modulating HOXA13. Therefore, the HOTTIP/HOXA13 axis is a potential therapeutic target and molecular biomarker for PDAC.
Key Molecule: SWI/SNF complex subunit SMARCC1 (SMARCC1) [21]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 9.52E-01
Fold-change: -1.99E-03
Z-score: -6.16E-02
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell viability Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PSN1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1644
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description miR-320c regulates the resistance of pancreatic cancer cells to gemcitabine through SMARCC1.
Key Molecule: Tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3) [22]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 9.21E-01
Fold-change: -4.55E-03
Z-score: -1.00E-01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model HEK293T cells Kidney Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0063
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description miR-125a may promote chemo-resistance to gemcitabine in pancreatic cell lines through targeting A20, which may provide novel therapeutic targets or molecular biomarkers for cancer therapy and improve tumor diagnosis or predictions of therapeutic responses.
Key Molecule: Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 6 (FASLG) [25]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.67E-01
Fold-change: -2.74E-02
Z-score: -1.43E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
FasL/Fas signaling pathway Inhibition hsa04210
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
In Vivo Model BALB/c nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
WST-8 assay
Mechanism Description Decreased Fas/FasL signaling mediates miR-21-induced chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer, over-expression of miR-21 reduced the endogenous expression of FasL anfd cause resistance to Gemcitabine.
Key Molecule: Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) [27]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.32E-02
Fold-change: -3.94E-02
Z-score: -2.68E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation AKT signaling pathway Activation hsa04151
Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model LPc006 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
LPc028 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
LPc033 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
LPc067 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
LPc111 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
LPc167 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
PP437 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Fluorescence microscopy
Mechanism Description miR-21 regulates expression of PTEN and phosphorylation of its downstream kinase Akt and (b) the reduction of phospho-Akt (pAkt) correlated with the enhancement of gemcitabine-induced apoptosis and antitumor activity in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that Akt pathway plays a significant role in mediating drug resistance in PDAC cells.
  Epigenetic Alteration of DNA, RNA or Protein (EADR) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: HOXA distal transcript antisense RNA (HOTTIP) [14]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.59E-10
Fold-change: 5.66E+00
Z-score: 6.75E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
HOTTIP/HOXA13 signaling pathway Activation hsa05202
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0026
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description The long non-coding RNA HOTTIP promotes progression and gemcitabine resistance by regulating HOXA13 in pancreatic cancer.Microarray analyses revealed that HOTTIP was one of the most significantly upregulated LncRNAs in PDAC tissues compared with pancreatic tissues.Furthermore, knockdown of HOXA13 by RNA interference (siHOXA13) revealed that HOTTIP promoted PDAC cell proliferation, invasion, and chemoresistance, at least partly through regulating HOXA13. As a crucial tumor promoter, HOTTIP promotes cell proliferation, invasion, and chemoresistance by modulating HOXA13. Therefore, the HOTTIP/HOXA13 axis is a potential therapeutic target and molecular biomarker for PDAC.
Key Molecule: Taurine up-regulated 1 (TUG1) [16]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 9.57E-23
Fold-change: 5.17E-01
Z-score: 1.06E+01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell colony Activation hsa05200
Cell viability Activation hsa05200
ERK signaling pathway Activation hsa04210
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
PANC-28 cells Pancreatic Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3917
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description TUG1 promoted the viability of PDAC cells and enhanced its resistance of gemcitabine and overexpression of TUG1 increased ERk phosphorylation.
Key Molecule: P53 regulated carcinoma associated Stat3 activating long intergenic non-protein coding transcript (PRECSIT) [11]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 5.63E-31
Fold-change: 3.02E+00
Z-score: 1.41E+01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay; Soft agar assay
Mechanism Description Long non-coding RNA LINC00346 promotes pancreatic cancer growth and gemcitabine resistance by sponging miR-188-3p to derepress BRD4 expression.
Key Molecule: Maternally expressed 3 (MEG3) [36]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.44E-13
Fold-change: -2.89E+00
Z-score: -7.99E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
COLO357 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0221
T3M4 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_4056
HTERT-HPNE cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_C466
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Boyden chamber assay; Sphere formation assay; Flow cytometric analysis
Mechanism Description Decreased expression of MEG3 could promote PC cell migration and invasion, as well as chemoresistance by regulating the EMT process and CSC properties.
Key Molecule: hsa-miR-188-3p [11]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay; Soft agar assay
Mechanism Description Long non-coding RNA LINC00346 promotes pancreatic cancer growth and gemcitabine resistance by sponging miR-188-3p to derepress BRD4 expression.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-301 [20]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic carcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.2]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
Cell invasion Inhibition hsa05200
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0026
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Colorimetric methylene blue assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description Gemcitabine-resistant Capan-2 and Panc-1 cells exhibited increased miR-301 expression, and miR-301 overepression can enhance apoptosis and inhibit cell invasiveness and exhibit strong gemcitabine resistance.
Key Molecule: HOX transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR) [48]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description Gemcitabine treatment causes resistance and malignancy of pancreatic cancer stem-like cells via induction of LncRNA HOTAIR.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-301 [49]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation AKT signaling pathway Activation hsa04151
Cell viability Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model HEK293T cells Kidney Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0063
BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
HPAF-II cells Pancreatic Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0313
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-301a upregulation promoted resistance to gemcitabine under hypoxia through downregulation of TAp63.
Key Molecule: hsa-miR-455-3p [50]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell viability Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model HEK293T cells Kidney Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0063
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
HPDE6-C7 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0P38
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description Down-regulation of microRNA-455-3p Links to Proliferation and Drug Resistance of Pancreatic Cancer Cells via Targeting TAZ.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-125a [22]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model HEK293T cells Kidney Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0063
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description miR-125a may promote chemo-resistance to gemcitabine in pancreatic cell lines through targeting A20, which may provide novel therapeutic targets or molecular biomarkers for cancer therapy and improve tumor diagnosis or predictions of therapeutic responses.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-181c [6]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Hippo signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-181c directly repressed MST1, LATS2, MOB1 and SAV1 expression in human pancreatic cancer cells. Overexpression of miR-181c induced hyperactivation of the YAP/TAZ and (+) expression of the Hippo signaling downstream genes CTGF, BIRC5 and BLC2L1, leading to pancreatic cancer cell survival and chemoresistance in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, high miR-181c levels were significantly correlated with Hippo signaling inactivation in pancreatic cancer samples, and predicted a poor patient overall survival.
Key Molecule: hsa-miR-1246 [45]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description The in vitro drug sensitivity of pancreatic cancer cells was altered according to the miR-1246 expression via CCNG2. In vivo, we found that miR-1246 could increase tumour-initiating potential and induced drug resistance. A high expression level of miR-1246 was correlated with a worse prognosis and CCNG2 expression was significantly lower in those patients. miR-1246 expression was associated with chemoresistance and CSC-like properties via CCNG2, and could predict worse prognosis in pancreatic cancer patients.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-21 [25], [27], [51]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation AKT signaling pathway Activation hsa04151
Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
FasL/Fas signaling pathway Inhibition hsa04210
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
LPc006 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
LPc028 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
LPc033 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
LPc067 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
LPc111 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
LPc167 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
PP437 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
In Vivo Model BALB/c nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
WST-8 assay; Fluorescence microscopy
Mechanism Description miR-21 regulates expression of PTEN and phosphorylation of its downstream kinase Akt and (b) the reduction of phospho-Akt (pAkt) correlated with the enhancement of gemcitabine-induced apoptosis and antitumor activity in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that Akt pathway plays a significant role in mediating drug resistance in PDAC cells.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-21 [52]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell migration Activation hsa04670
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
HPAC cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3517
BxPc3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
Capan cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
HPAF cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_B284
PL-45 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3567
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Histone acetylation levels at miR-21 promoter were increased in PDAC cells after treatment with gemcitabine. Enhanced invasion and metastasis, increased miR-21 expression, decreased PTEN, elevated pAkT level were demonstrated in gemcitabine-resistant HPAC and PANC-1 cells. Pre-miR-21 transfection or TSA treatment further increased invasion and metastasis ability, decreased PTEN, and elevated pAkT levels in these two lines. In contrast, anti-miR-21 transfection could reverse invasion and metastasis, and PTEN and pAkT expressions induced by gemcitabine.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-365 [53]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description miR-365 directly targets the pro-apoptotic molecules SHC1 and BAX, whose reductions contribute to gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer cells.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-181 [54]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell viability Activation hsa05200
NF-kappaB signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
PSN1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1644
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description miR-181b enhances the activity of NF-kB by inhibiting CYLD, thus leading to the resistance to gemcitabine.
Key Molecule: hsa-miR-320c [21]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell viability Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PSN1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1644
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description miR-320c regulates the resistance of pancreatic cancer cells to gemcitabine through SMARCC1.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-21 [4]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Mechanism Description miR-21 is probably the most characterized miRNA associated with gemcitabine resistance. Tissue samples of PDA patients treated with gemcitabine indicate that miR-21 expression is directly correlated with chemotherapy resistance. Patients with high miR-21 expression have significantly shorter overall survival; consistently, overexpression of miR-21 in primary PDA cells in vitro, decreases the anti-proliferative effect of gemcitabine. miR-21 promotes gemcitabine resistance by targeting phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN) or by overexpression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) 2 and 9, and of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which in-turn induces the PI3K/AKT pathway.
  Regulation by the Disease Microenvironment (RTDM) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Mucin 4, cell surface associated (MUC4) [4]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.87E-10
Fold-change: 2.03E-01
Z-score: 7.40E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Mechanism Description Mucin 4 (MUC4) is a membrane-bound O-glycoprotein that is found in the lining of the respiratory tract and GI mucosa, where it enables lubrication and cell-matrix detachment. In PDA, MUC4 expressing cells exhibit greater gemcitabine resistance than do MUC4 negative cells, an effect mediated by interaction with HER2.
Key Molecule: TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 2 (TIMP2) [4]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.45E-03
Fold-change: 1.43E-01
Z-score: 3.74E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Mechanism Description The ECM may provide a mechanical barrier, preventing the tumor from further spread. Disintegration of the ECM by MMPs enables cancer cells to dissociate from the tumor and metastasize. Apart from destabilizing the physical barrier, MMPs overexpression also regulates internal cellular cascades. In response to collagen deposition in the ECM, an MMP dependent ERK-1/2 phosphorylation occurs, triggering the transcription factor HMGA2 and gemcitabine resistance.
Key Molecule: Transcription factor AP2 gamma (TFAP2C) [23]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 7.42E-01
Fold-change: -1.25E-02
Z-score: -3.34E-01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell viability Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
Su.86.86 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3881
T3M4 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_4056
In Vivo Model Nude mouse model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Flow cytometry assay; Transwell assay
Mechanism Description Transcription factor activating protein 2 gamma (TFAP2C) is a target of miR-10a-5p, and TFAP2C overexpression resensitizes PDAC cells to gemcitabine, which is initiated by miR-10a-5p.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-221 [17]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
miR221/SOCS3 signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0026
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-221 overexpression can promote proliferation, migration, emt, chemotherapy resistance, and stem cell-like properties in panc-1 cells.
Key Molecule: hsa-miR-10a-5p [23]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Cell invasion Activation hsa05200
Cell viability Activation hsa05200
Epithelial mesenchymal transition signaling pathway Activation hsa01521
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
Su.86.86 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3881
T3M4 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_4056
In Vivo Model Nude mouse model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Flow cytometry assay; Transwell assay
Mechanism Description Transcription factor activating protein 2 gamma (TFAP2C) is a target of miR-10a-5p, and TFAP2C overexpression resensitizes PDAC cells to gemcitabine, which is initiated by miR-10a-5p.
Key Molecule: Metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) [60]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell migration Activation hsa04670
Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
CFPAC1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1119
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description MALAT-1 could increase the proportion of pancreatic CSCs, maintain self-renewing capacity, decrease the chemosensitivity to anticancer drugs, and accelerate tumor angiogenesis in vitro, and promote tumorigenicity of pancreatic cancer cells in vivo. The underlying mechanisms may involve in increased expression of self-renewal related factors Sox2.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-100 [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-10a [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-10b [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-134 [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-143 [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-146a [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-15 [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-205 [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-214 [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-32 [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-34 [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
Key Molecule: hsa-miR-146b-5p [61]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Pancreatic cancers relapse due to small but distinct population of cancer stem cells (CSCs) which are in turn regulated by miRNAs. Those miRNA were either upregulated (e.g. miR-146) or downregulated (e.g. miRNA-205, miRNA-7) in gemcitabine resistant MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells and clinical metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues.
  Aberration of the Drug's Therapeutic Target (ADTT) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Forkhead box protein M1 (FOXM1) [47]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expressiom
T1080S
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model HPC cells N.A. Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description Overall, this study illustrates that Huaier augments the tumor-killing effect of gemcitabine through suppressing the stemness induced by gemcitabine in a FoxM1-dependent way. These results indicate that Huaier can be applied to overcome gemcitabine resistance.
  Drug Inactivation by Structure Modification (DISM) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Activation induced cytidine deaminase (AICDA) [4]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Mechanism Description The main mechanism for gemcitabine inactivation is through deamination by cytidine deaminase (CDA) to difluorodeoxyuridine (dFdU). Since dFdU is not a substrate for pyrimidine nucleoside phosphorylases, the drug is degraded and excreted out of the cell.
Key Molecule: Deoxycytidine kinase (DCK) [4]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Mechanism Description Once taken up into the cell, gemcitabine is phosphorylated by deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) to produce dFdCMP. In turn, dFdCMP is converted by other pyrimidine kinases to its active diphosphate and triphosphate derivatives, dFdCDP and dFdCTP. Due to the central role of dCK in gemcitabine metabolism, its deficiency is a major contributor to gemcitabine resistance.
Drug Sensitivity Data Categorized by Their Corresponding Mechanisms
  Unusual Activation of Pro-survival Pathway (UAPP) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: PI3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha (PIK3R1) [5]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 7.10E-06
Fold-change: 1.77E-01
Z-score: 4.72E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation PI3K/AKT signaling pathway Inhibition hsa04151
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Hs-578T cells Breast Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0332
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Increased p85alpha expression in PDAC TCs results in decreased PI3k-AkT signaling and increased gemcitabine sensitivity. Expression of p85alpha inversely correlates with miR-21 levels in human PDAC. Overexpression of miR-21 results in decreased levels of p85alpha and increased PI3k-AkT activation.
Key Molecule: High mobility group protein HMGI-C (HMGA2) [8], [9]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.29E-11
Fold-change: 9.89E-01
Z-score: 7.21E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation CXCR4/let-7a/HMGA2 pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model HPDE6-C7 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0P38
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis; Luciferase reporter assay
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Transwell assay; Flow cytometric analysis
Mechanism Description CXCR4/Let-7a axis regulates metastasis and chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer cells through targeting HMGA2. overexpression of HMGA2 restores cell proliferation, metastasis and chemosensitivity of gem inhibited by let-7a.
Key Molecule: Transforming protein RhoA (RHOA) [10]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.32E-04
Fold-change: -1.84E-01
Z-score: -3.66E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
Su.86.86 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3881
In Vivo Model Engrafted tumor mouse model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis; qRT-PCR; IHC analyses
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description RhoA inhibition leads to improved efficacy of gemcitabine in PC cells.
Key Molecule: F-box/WD repeat-containing protein 7 (FBXW7) [13]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 9.75E-01
Fold-change: 8.49E-04
Z-score: 3.18E-02
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell invasion Inhibition hsa05200
Cell migration Inhibition hsa04670
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Transwell migration and invasion assay
Mechanism Description Down-regulation of miR-223 reverses epithelial-mesenchymal transition in gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic cancer cells due to down-regulation of its target Fbw7 and subsequent upregulation of Notch-1, which enhances GR cells to gemcitabine sensitivity.
Key Molecule: Cadherin-1 (CDH1) [20]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic carcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.2]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.75E-02
Fold-change: 1.34E-01
Z-score: 2.27E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
Cell invasion Inhibition hsa05200
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0026
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Colorimetric methylene blue assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description Forced expression of miR-200b induces CDH1 expression and promotes gemcitabine sensitivity in Capan-2 and Panc-1 cells.
Key Molecule: Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 22 (USP22) [24]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.88E-01
Fold-change: -2.73E-02
Z-score: -1.37E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
Cell colony Inhibition hsa05200
Cell viability Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis; RIP assay; Luciferase reporter assay
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-29c targets USP22 and suppresses autophagy-mediated chemoresistance in a xenograft tumor model in vivo.
Key Molecule: Zinc finger protein SNAI1 (SNAI1) [26]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.20E-01
Fold-change: -2.83E-02
Z-score: -1.27E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell colony Inhibition hsa05200
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
SNAI1/IRS1/AKT signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
In Vivo Model BALB/c nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTS assay
Mechanism Description miR-30a overexpression suppresses cell proliferation, and sensitizes pancreatic cancer cells to gemcitabine and miR-30a overexpression reduced IRS1 and SNAI1 protein level.
Key Molecule: Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src (SRC) [10]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.61E-01
Fold-change: -3.44E-02
Z-score: -1.17E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
Su.86.86 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3881
In Vivo Model Engrafted tumor mouse model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis; qRT-PCR; IHC analyses
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description SRC inhibition leads to improved efficacy of gemcitabine in PC cells.
Key Molecule: Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 (RPS6KB1) [28]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.4]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.88E-02
Fold-change: -4.06E-02
Z-score: -2.54E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Transwell migration assay
Mechanism Description miRNA-145 increases therapeutic sensibility to gemcitabine treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells, miR145 negatively regulated p70S6k1 expression at the posttranscriptional level in colon cancer.
Key Molecule: Apoptosis regulator Bcl-2 (BCL2) [30]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.85E-02
Fold-change: -5.33E-02
Z-score: -2.60E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
In Vitro Model SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
CFPAC1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1119
In Vivo Model BALB/c nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description BCL-2 facilitates cell survival against chemotherapy via the blockage of Bax/Bak-induced apoptosis, miRNA-181b sensitizes PDAC cells to gemcitabine by targeting BCL-2.
Key Molecule: G1/S-specific cyclin-D2 (CCND2) [33]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic carcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.2]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 9.56E-06
Fold-change: -2.36E-01
Z-score: -6.19E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
Cell invasion Inhibition hsa05200
Cell migration Inhibition hsa04670
Cell viability Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-373-3p enhances the chemosensitivity of gemcitabine through cell cycle pathway by downregulating CCND2 in pancreatic carcinoma cells.
  Epigenetic Alteration of DNA, RNA or Protein (EADR) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Programmed cell death protein 4 (PDCD4) [7]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.18E-33
Fold-change: -1.18E+00
Z-score: -1.75E+01
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
Panc02 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_D627
In Vivo Model Mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Immunofluorescence (IF) staining
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Costar Transwell Invasion Assay;
Mechanism Description Upregulating miR21 in CAFs promoted PDAC desmoplasia and increased its drug resistance to gemcitabine treatment by promoting the activation of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs). miR21 mediates activation of CAFs via down-regulating PDCD4.
Key Molecule: CXC chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) [9]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 6.90E-02
Fold-change: 1.57E-01
Z-score: 1.95E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation CXCR4/let-7a/HMGA2 pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model HPDE6-C7 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0P38
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Transwell assay; Flow cytometric analysis
Mechanism Description CXCR4/Let-7a axis regulates metastasis and chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer cells through targeting HMGA2. overexpression of HMGA2 restores cell proliferation, metastasis and chemosensitivity of gem inhibited by let-7a.
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Key Molecule: Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 4 (SMAD4) [8]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.67E-03
Fold-change: -1.32E-01
Z-score: -3.22E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell invasion Inhibition hsa05200
Cell migration Inhibition hsa04670
Epithelial mesenchymal transition signaling pathway Inhibition hsa01521
TGF-beta signaling pathway Inhibition hsa04350
In Vitro Model MDA-MB-231 cells Breast Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0062
BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
Su.86.86 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3881
CFPAC1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1119
KMP3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_8491
KP4-4 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_Y142
Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
WST-8 assay; Crystal violet staining assay
Mechanism Description Overexpression of miR509-5p and miR1243 increased the expression of E-cadherin through the suppression of EMT-related gene expression and that drug sensitivity increased with a combination of each of these miRNAs and gemcitabine. miR1243 directly regulated SMAD2 and SMAD4, which regulate the TGF-beta signaling pathway, resulting in an induction of the MET phenotype. Suppressing SMADs reduced the effect of TGF-beta.
Key Molecule: Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2 (SMAD2) [8]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 4.92E-02
Fold-change: -6.54E-02
Z-score: -1.99E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell invasion Inhibition hsa05200
Cell migration Inhibition hsa04670
Epithelial mesenchymal transition signaling pathway Inhibition hsa01521
TGF-beta signaling pathway Inhibition hsa04350
In Vitro Model MDA-MB-231 cells Breast Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0062
BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
Su.86.86 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3881
CFPAC1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1119
KMP3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_8491
KP4-4 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_Y142
Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
WST-8 assay; Crystal violet staining assay
Mechanism Description Overexpression of miR509-5p and miR1243 increased the expression of E-cadherin through the suppression of EMT-related gene expression and that drug sensitivity increased with a combination of each of these miRNAs and gemcitabine. miR1243 directly regulated SMAD2 and SMAD4, which regulate the TGF-beta signaling pathway, resulting in an induction of the MET phenotype. Suppressing SMADs reduced the effect of TGF-beta.
Key Molecule: Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) [17]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 9.08E-01
Fold-change: 4.36E-03
Z-score: 1.17E-01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
Cell migration Inhibition hsa04670
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
miR221/SOCS3 signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0026
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis; RT-qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description SOCS3 overexpression reverses miR-221 overexpression-induced proliferation, migration, emt, chemotherapy resistance, and stem cell-like properties in panc-1 cells.
Key Molecule: Rho-related GTP-binding protein RhoF (RHOF) [19]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Gemcitabine
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 6.02E-01
Fold-change: 1.63E-02
Z-score: 5.31E-01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Epithelial mesenchymal transition signaling pathway Activation hsa01521
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Capan-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0026
AsPC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0152
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
HPDE6-C7 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0P38
HTERT-HPNE cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_C466
PATU8988 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1846
CFPAC1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1119
HPAC cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3517
In Vivo Model Nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis; Dual luciferase reporter assay
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTS assay
Mechanism Description miR3656 expression enhances the chemosensitivity of pancreatic cancer to gemcitabine through modulation of the RHOF/EMT axis. miR3656 could target RHOF, a member of the Rho subfamily of small GTPases, and regulate the EMT process, enforced EMT progression via TWIST1 overexpression compromised the chemotherapy-enhancing effects of miR3656. Reduced miR3656 expression levels activated the EMT pathway through upregulation of RHOF, eventually causing drug resistance.
Oxaliplatin
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Key Molecule: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Oxaliplatin
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.01E-17
Fold-change: 4.09E-01
Z-score: 9.54E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model HCC patients Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 2 member 1 (SLC2A1) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Oxaliplatin
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.33E-08
Fold-change: 5.47E-01
Z-score: 5.83E+00
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model HCC patients Homo Sapiens
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Solute carrier family 2 member 1 (SLC2A1) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Oxaliplatin
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 4.68E-16
Fold-change: 2.62E-01
Z-score: 1.07E+01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model Female SCID mice of 4-week-old, with fresh tissue from patient Mice
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Tumor volume assay
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Key Molecule: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) [1]
Metabolic Type Glucose metabolism
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Oxaliplatin
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.65E-04
Fold-change: 2.06E-01
Z-score: 4.69E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes Activation hsa04261
In Vivo Model Female SCID mice of 6-week-old, with fresh tissue from patient Mice
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR; Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Tumor volume assay
Mechanism Description Glucomet-PDACs are more resistant to chemotherapy than lipomet-PDACs, and patients with glucomet-PDAC have a worse prognosis. Integrated analyses reveal that the GLUT1/aldolase B (ALDOB)/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) axis induces chemotherapy resistance by remodeling glucose metabolism in glucomet-PDAC. Increased glycolytic flux, G6PD activity, and pyrimidine biosynthesis are identified in glucomet-PDAC with high GLUT1 and low ALDOB expression, and these phenotypes could be reversed by inhibiting GLUT1 expression or by increasing ALDOB expression.
Penfluridol
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Drug Sensitivity Data Categorized by Their Corresponding Mechanisms
  Unusual Activation of Pro-survival Pathway (UAPP) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Autophagy-related protein LC3 B (MAP1LC3B) [12]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Sensitive Drug Penfluridol
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 4.86E-03
Fold-change: 9.00E-02
Z-score: 3.21E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
In Vitro Model A549/Taxol cells Lung Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_W218
SW403 cells Colon Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0545
In Vivo Model Athymic nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
SRB assay
Mechanism Description One of the hallmarks of autophagy is the accumulation of LC3B and its localization in vesicular structures. We observed that penfluridol treatment enhanced the expression of LC3B and hence induced autophagy in pancreatic cancer cells.
Paclitaxel
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  Unusual Activation of Pro-survival Pathway (UAPP) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Protein salvador homolog 1 (SAV1) [6]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Paclitaxel
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.63E-01
Fold-change: -3.55E-02
Z-score: -1.45E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Inhibition hsa04210
Hippo signaling pathway Regulation N.A.
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-181c directly repressed MST1, LATS2, MOB1 and SAV1 expression in human pancreatic cancer cells. Overexpression of miR-181c induced hyperactivation of the YAP/TAZ and (+) expression of the Hippo signaling downstream genes CTGF, BIRC5 and BLC2L1, leading to pancreatic cancer cell survival and chemoresistance in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, high miR-181c levels were significantly correlated with Hippo signaling inactivation in pancreatic cancer samples, and predicted a poor patient overall survival.
Erlotinib
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Key Molecule: Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF1) [29]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Erlotinib
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 3.42E-01
Fold-change: -4.67E-02
Z-score: -9.76E-01
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell invasion Inhibition hsa05200
Cell migration Inhibition hsa04670
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
FGF/FGFR signaling pathway Inhibition hsa01521
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description miR-497 suppressed cells proliferation, decreased the percentage of S phase cells, re-sensitized cells to gemcitabine and erlotinib, and attenuated migration and invasion capacities. Furthermore, fibroblast growth factor 2 and fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 were confirmed as miR-497 targets. Overexpression of miR-497 inhibited tumor growth in vivo. Additionally, miR-497 expression was significantly downregulated in pancreatic cancer tissues compared with tumor-adjacent samples. Low expression of miR-497 was an independent adverse prognostic factor of pancreatic cancer. miR-497 plays a role in modulating the malignant phenotype and chemosensitivity of pancreatic cancer cells by directly inhibition of FGF2 and FGFR1 expression.
Key Molecule: Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) [29]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Erlotinib
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic cancer
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 1.09E-02
Fold-change: -1.00E-01
Z-score: -2.85E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell invasion Inhibition hsa05200
Cell migration Inhibition hsa04670
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
FGF/FGFR signaling pathway Inhibition hsa01521
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description miR-497 suppressed cells proliferation, decreased the percentage of S phase cells, re-sensitized cells to gemcitabine and erlotinib, and attenuated migration and invasion capacities. Furthermore, fibroblast growth factor 2 and fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 were confirmed as miR-497 targets. Overexpression of miR-497 inhibited tumor growth in vivo. Additionally, miR-497 expression was significantly downregulated in pancreatic cancer tissues compared with tumor-adjacent samples. Low expression of miR-497 was an independent adverse prognostic factor of pancreatic cancer. miR-497 plays a role in modulating the malignant phenotype and chemosensitivity of pancreatic cancer cells by directly inhibition of FGF2 and FGFR1 expression.
Key Molecule: Ephrin type-A receptor 2 (EPHA2) [42]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Erlotinib
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
Cell viability Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
In Vivo Model BALB/c nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-124 overexpression was able to sensitize the response of Capan-1 cells to erlotinib through inhibiting EphA2.
  Epigenetic Alteration of DNA, RNA or Protein (EADR) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-124 [42]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Erlotinib
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell apoptosis Activation hsa04210
Cell viability Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
Capan-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0237
In Vivo Model BALB/c nude mouse xenograft model Mus musculus
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay; Flow cytometry assay
Mechanism Description miR-124 overexpression was able to sensitize the response of Capan-1 cells to erlotinib through inhibiting EphA2.
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-497 [29]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Sensitive Drug Erlotinib
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell invasion Inhibition hsa05200
Cell migration Inhibition hsa04670
Cell proliferation Inhibition hsa05200
FGF/FGFR signaling pathway Inhibition hsa01521
In Vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
SW1990 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1723
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
CCK8 assay
Mechanism Description miR-497 suppressed cells proliferation, decreased the percentage of S phase cells, re-sensitized cells to gemcitabine and erlotinib, and attenuated migration and invasion capacities. Furthermore, fibroblast growth factor 2 and fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 were confirmed as miR-497 targets. Overexpression of miR-497 inhibited tumor growth in vivo. Additionally, miR-497 expression was significantly downregulated in pancreatic cancer tissues compared with tumor-adjacent samples. Low expression of miR-497 was an independent adverse prognostic factor of pancreatic cancer. miR-497 plays a role in modulating the malignant phenotype and chemosensitivity of pancreatic cancer cells by directly inhibition of FGF2 and FGFR1 expression.
Cisplatin
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Key Molecule: hsa-mir-374b [39]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Cisplatin
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell proliferation Activation hsa05200
In Vitro Model BxPC3-R cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_XX78
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qPCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Resazurin conversion assay
Mechanism Description The computational prediction that downregulation of miR-374b likely contributed to the acquisition of resistance to cisplatin in BxPC3-R cells was experimentally tested by transfection of miR-374b into BxPC3-R cells and subsequently measuring cisplatin sensitivity of these cells relative to controls. The results demonstrated that miR-374b transfection significantly reduced drug resistance in BxPC3-R cells to levels approaching those of the parental BxPC3 cells.
Cyclophosphamide
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Key Molecule: Cytochrome P450 family 3 subfamily A member1 (CYP3A4) [40]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Cyclophosphamide
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Immunoblotting analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Sulforhodamine B assay
Mechanism Description CYP3A4 is the most abundant hepatic and intestinal cytochrome P450 enzyme in humans, contributing to the metabolism of various drugs such as benzodiazepines, HIV antivirals, macrolide antibiotics, and statins. CYP3A4 3'UTR-luciferase activity was significantly decreased in human embryonic kidney 293 cells transfected with plasmid that expressed microRNA-27b (miR-27b) or mouse microRNA-298 (mmu-miR-298), overexpression of miR-27b or mmu-miR-298 in PANC1 cells led to a lower sensitivity to cyclophosphamide.
  Epigenetic Alteration of DNA, RNA or Protein (EADR) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: hsa-mir-27b [40]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug Cyclophosphamide
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model Panc1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Sulforhodamine B assay
Mechanism Description CYP3A4 is the most abundant hepatic and intestinal cytochrome P450 enzyme in humans, contributing to the metabolism of various drugs such as benzodiazepines, HIV antivirals, macrolide antibiotics, and statins. CYP3A4 3'UTR-luciferase activity was significantly decreased in human embryonic kidney 293 cells transfected with plasmid that expressed microRNA-27b (miR-27b) or mouse microRNA-298 (mmu-miR-298), overexpression of miR-27b or mmu-miR-298 in PANC1 cells led to a lower sensitivity to cyclophosphamide.
Doxorubicin
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Key Molecule: hsa-miR-1291 [41]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic carcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.2]
Sensitive Drug Doxorubicin
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell growth Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model H69 cells Lung Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_8121
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Hsa-miR-1291-directed downregulation of ABCC1 led to a greater intracellular drug accumulation and sensitized the cells to doxorubicin.
  Irregularity in Drug Uptake and Drug Efflux (IDUE) Click to Show/Hide
Key Molecule: Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) [41]
Sensitive Disease Pancreatic carcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.2]
Sensitive Drug Doxorubicin
Molecule Alteration Expression
Down-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation Cell growth Inhibition hsa05200
In Vitro Model H69 cells Lung Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_8121
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot analysis
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
MTT assay
Mechanism Description Hsa-miR-1291-directed downregulation of ABCC1 led to a greater intracellular drug accumulation and sensitized the cells to doxorubicin.
Everolimus
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Key Molecule: Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (EIF4EBP1) [43]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor [ICD-11: 2C10.1]
Resistant Drug Everolimus
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway Activation hsa04151
CXCR4-CXCL12-CXCR7 signaling pathway Activation hsa04061
In Vitro Model A498 cells Kidney Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1056
SN12C cells Kidney Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1705
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blotting assay
Mechanism Description When the CXCR4-CXCL12-CXCR7 pathway is activated through CXCL12 in human renal cancer cells were, SN12C and A498, CXCL12 induced the mTOR targets p-P70S6K and p-4EBP1.The combination therapy of mTOR inhibitors with the CXCR4-CXCL12-CXCR7 axis inhibitors in renal cancer tumors could overcome the Everolimus resistance.
Key Molecule: Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 (RPS6KB1) [43]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor [ICD-11: 2C10.1]
Resistant Drug Everolimus
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Identified from the Human Clinical Data
Cell Pathway Regulation PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway Activation hsa04151
CXCR4-CXCL12-CXCR7 signaling pathway Activation hsa04061
In Vitro Model A498 cells Kidney Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1056
SN12C cells Kidney Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_1705
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blotting assay
Mechanism Description When the CXCR4-CXCL12-CXCR7 pathway is activated through CXCL12 in human renal cancer cells were, SN12C and A498, CXCL12 induced the mTOR targets p-P70S6K and p-4EBP1.The combination therapy of mTOR inhibitors with the CXCR4-CXCL12-CXCR7 axis inhibitors in renal cancer tumors could overcome the Everolimus resistance.
Key Molecule: Signal transducer activator transcription 3 (STAT3) [37]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Everolimus
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation NF-kB signaling pathway Activation hsa04218
In Vitro Model QGP-1R cells carcinoid Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Cell viability assay; Colony formation assay
Mechanism Description The activation of the STAT3 pathway induced by TNF is mediated by NF-kB p65. NF-kB p65 and STAT3 inhibitors decrease QGP-1 viability, spheroids growth, and Pa-NETs cell proliferation. These effects are maintained in everolimus-resistant QGP-1R cells.
Key Molecule: Signal transducer activator transcription 3 (STAT3) [37]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Everolimus
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation NF-kB signaling pathway Activation hsa04218
In Vitro Model QGP-1R cells carcinoid Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot assay
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Cell viability assay; Colony formation assay
Mechanism Description The activation of the STAT3 pathway induced by TNF is mediated by NF-kB p65. NF-kB p65 and STAT3 inhibitors decrease QGP-1 viability, spheroids growth, and Pa-NETs cell proliferation. These effects are maintained in everolimus-resistant QGP-1R cells.
Key Molecule: RELB proto-oncogene, NF-kB subunit (RELB) [37]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Everolimus
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation NF-kB signaling pathway Activation hsa04218
In Vitro Model QGP-1R cells carcinoid Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
RT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Cell viability assay; Colony formation assay
Mechanism Description The activation of the STAT3 pathway induced by TNF is mediated by NF-kB p65. NF-kB p65 and STAT3 inhibitors decrease QGP-1 viability, spheroids growth, and Pa-NETs cell proliferation. These effects are maintained in everolimus-resistant QGP-1R cells.
Key Molecule: RELB proto-oncogene, NF-kB subunit (RELB) [37]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ICD-11: 2C10.0]
Resistant Drug Everolimus
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
Cell Pathway Regulation NF-kB signaling pathway Activation hsa04218
In Vitro Model QGP-1R cells carcinoid Homo sapiens (Human) N.A.
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
Western blot assay
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Cell viability assay; Colony formation assay
Mechanism Description The activation of the STAT3 pathway induced by TNF is mediated by NF-kB p65. NF-kB p65 and STAT3 inhibitors decrease QGP-1 viability, spheroids growth, and Pa-NETs cell proliferation. These effects are maintained in everolimus-resistant QGP-1R cells.
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Key Molecule: HOX transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR) [18]
Resistant Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10.3]
Resistant Drug TRAIL
Molecule Alteration Expression
Up-regulation
Differential expression of the molecule in resistant disease
Classification of Disease Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
The Specified Disease Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
The Studied Tissue Pancreas
The Expression Level of Disease Section Compare with the Healthy Individual Tissue
p-value: 2.60E-05
Fold-change: 4.11E+00
Z-score: 4.36E+00
Experimental Note Revealed Based on the Cell Line Data
In Vitro Model BxPC-3 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0186
MIA PaCa-2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0428
PANC-1 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_0480
Suit2 cells Pancreas Homo sapiens (Human) CVCL_3172
Experiment for
Molecule Alteration
qRT-PCR
Experiment for
Drug Resistance
Flow cytometric analysis
Mechanism Description The long non-coding RNA HOTAIR enhances pancreatic cancer resistance to TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand.
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