From CAF subtypes to clinically relevant states: cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) develops within a dense, poorly perfused tumor microenvironment (TME) in which cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are prominent cellular and structural components. Once viewed as a uniform population of activated matrix-producing cells, CAFs now include myofibroblastic, inflamm...