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      Vitamin D receptor-mediated stromal reprogramming suppresses pancreatitis and enhances pancreatic cancer therapy.

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          The poor clinical outcome in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is attributed to intrinsic chemoresistance and a growth-permissive tumor microenvironment. Conversion of quiescent to activated pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) drives the severe stromal reaction that characterizes PDA. Here, we reveal that the vitamin D receptor (VDR) is expressed in stroma from human pancreatic tumors and that treatment with the VDR ligand calcipotriol markedly reduced markers of inflammation and fibrosis in pancreatitis and human tumor stroma. We show that VDR acts as a master transcriptional regulator of PSCs to reprise the quiescent state, resulting in induced stromal remodeling, increased intratumoral gemcitabine, reduced tumor volume, and a 57% increase in survival compared to chemotherapy alone. This work describes a molecular strategy through which transcriptional reprogramming of tumor stroma enables chemotherapeutic response and suggests vitamin D priming as an adjunct in PDA therapy. PAPERFLICK:

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          Journal
          Cell
          Cell
          Elsevier BV
          1097-4172
          0092-8674
          Sep 25 2014
          : 159
          : 1
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
          [2 ] Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
          [3 ] Department of Medicine/Hematology and Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
          [4 ] Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, The Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 ORE, UK.
          [5 ] Center for Advanced Preclinical Research, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
          [6 ] Center for Advanced Preclinical Research, Leidos Biomed, Inc. Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
          [7 ] Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
          [8 ] Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan.
          [9 ] Pancreatic Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
          [10 ] Diabetes and Transcription Factors Group, Garvan Institute of Medical Research (GIMR), Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
          [11 ] Diabetes and Transcription Factors Group, Garvan Institute of Medical Research (GIMR), Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia.
          [12 ] Diabetes and Transcription Factors Group, Garvan Institute of Medical Research (GIMR), Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia.
          [13 ] Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
          [14 ] Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
          [15 ] Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
          [16 ] The Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute and University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
          [17 ] Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: downes@salk.edu.
          [18 ] Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: evans@salk.edu.
          Article
          S0092-8674(14)01033-2 NIHMS623127
          10.1016/j.cell.2014.08.007
          4177038
          25259922
          d6c52b6c-a26a-40bc-83a0-4d87bf42a957
          Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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