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SUBMITTER: Khasawneh J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2651311 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khasawneh J J Schulz M D MD Walch A A Rozman J J Hrabe de Angelis M M Klingenspor M M Buck A A Schwaiger M M Saur D D Schmid R M RM Klöppel G G Sipos B B Greten F R FR Arkan M C MC
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090210 9
Obesity is associated with increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer, and it is suggested that insulin resistance provides the missing link. Here we demonstrate that under the context of genetic susceptibility, a high fat diet (HFD) predisposes mice with oncogenic K-ras activation to accelerated pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasm (PanIN) development. Tumor promotion is closely associated with increased inflammation and abrogation of TNFR1 signaling significantly blocks this process underl ...[more]