Adipose whispers to mast cells for accelerating immune evasion in pancreatic cancer.

Rousseau, Lorène; Ho, Ping-Chih · Cell Metab · 2025

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The mechanisms connecting obesity to pancreatic cancer progression remain poorly defined. A new study reveals that extracellular vesicles from visceral adipose tissue reprogram immune cells through a cathepsin A-pseudouridine-mast cell axis, uncovering how obesity drives immune evasion and resistance to checkpoint blockade therapy in pancreatic cancer.

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