title: Insights into the role of nicotine in pancreatic stem cell activation and acinar dedifferentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Buffett Cancer Center, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
authors.forename: Moorthy P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ponnusamy
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Buffett Cancer Center, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Electronic address: sbatra@unmc.edu.
authors.forename: Surinder K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Batra
mesh_terms: D061354:Acinar Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D000818:Animals; D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000139:chemically induced*; D054337:Cell Dedifferentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D050993:GATA6 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009538:Nicotine / Q000633:toxicity*; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists / Q000633:toxicity*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D050993:GATA6 Transcription Factor; C494760:Gata6 protein, mouse; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists; D009538:Nicotine; C495971:Hras protein, mouse; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)