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Chronic pancreatitis is essential for induction of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by K-Ras oncogenes in adult mice.

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It is reported that selective expression of an endogenous K-Ras(G12V) oncogene in embryonic cells of acinar/centroacinar lineage results in pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanINs) and invasive PDA, suggesting that PDA originates by differentiation of acINs or their precursors into ductal-like cells.
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This article is published in Cancer Cell.The article was published on 2007-03-13 and is currently open access. It has received 1074 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia.

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