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SUBMITTER: Kandikattu HK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7577953 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kandikattu Hemanth K HK Venkateshaiah Sathisha U SU Mishra Anil A
Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets 20200101 8
Pancreatitis is a fibro-inflammatory disorder of the pancreas that can occur acutely or chronically as a result of the activation of digestive enzymes that damage pancreatic cells, which promotes inflammation. Chronic pancreatitis with persistent fibro-inflammation of the pancreas progresses to pancreatic cancer, which is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths across the globe. Pancreatic cancer involves cross-talk of inflammatory, proliferative, migratory, and fibrotic mechanisms. In this re ...[more]