2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Innovation of anti-cachectic therapy with anti-tumor effect for pancreatic cancer
| Project/Area Number |
22790624
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
General internal medicine (including Psychosomatic medicine)
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| Research Institution | National Cancer Center Research Institute and Research Center for Innovative Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East |
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Principal Investigator |
MITSUNAGA Shuichi 独立行政法人国立がん研究センター, 臨床開発センター, 研究員 (20466197)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 緩和医療 |
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| Research Abstract |
Cancer cachexia is a major cause of death in advanced pancreatic cancer. Anti-cachectic drug concominant with anti-tumor effect is useful in treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer. This study aimed to reveal the target molecule whose inhibition suppresses cachexia and tumor progression in a noble murine model for cachexia of pancreatic cancer. This study clearly showed interleukin-6 is promising target, and murine model of neural invasion using human pancreatic cancer cell is appropriated for the model of cancer cachexia. The inhibition of IL-6 pathways suppressed neural invasion, but it was difficult to confirm the improvement of cancer cachexia in our noble model of cancer cachexia.
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