Isolated alcoholic binges rarely, if ever, cause pancreatitis. Pancreatic stellate cells have been identified as the key effector cells in the regulation of pancreatic fibrosis. Activation of ...

More information: Judith Vinaixa et al, Nuclear Galectin-1 promotes KRAS -dependent activation of pancreatic cancer stellate cells, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025).

The relationship the immune system and stromal cells in pancreatic cancer can have a significant impact on patients' survival rates, according to findings of a Queen Mary-led study. Pancreatic ...

This discovery, published in the journal PNAS, offers new insights into the role of these cells in the progression of pancreatic cancer. "The stroma is considered a key component in the aggressive ...