The autonomic nervous system plays a relevant role in development and progression of pancreatic cancer (PCa). In the presented dissertation, we investigated the role of indirect cholinergic activation in PCa progression through MTT-viability, invasion, immunohistochemistry, immunoblotting, flow-cytometric-cell-cycle assays, phospho-kinase arrays and xenografted mice. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase diminished PCa cell growth and invasiveness in vitro and in vivo and led to immune modulation. We did not however see a significant survival benefit in vivo.
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The autonomic nervous system plays a relevant role in development and progression of pancreatic cancer (PCa). In the presented dissertation, we investigated the role of indirect cholinergic activation in PCa progression through MTT-viability, invasion, immunohistochemistry, immunoblotting, flow-cytometric-cell-cycle assays, phospho-kinase arrays and xenografted mice. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase diminished PCa cell growth and invasiveness in vitro and in vivo and led to immune modulation....
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