Bioinformatic Analysis and Integration of Transcriptome and Proteome Results Identify Key Coding and Noncoding Genes Predicting Malignancy in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas.

Background: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) are precursor lesions of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). IPMNs are generally associated with high risk of developing malignancy and therefore need to be diagnosed and assessed accurately, once detected. Existing diagnostic methods are inadequate, and identification of efficient biomarker capable of detecting high-risk IPMNs is necessitated.

Noncoding RNAs as key modulators of autophagy in pancreatic cancer (Review).

Inability of early detection as well as lack of proper therapeutic intervention, both add to the complexity of pancreatic cancer. Understanding of the basic cellular processes is of the utmost importance and autophagy is one of these processes. Considering the importance of this process in normal cellular functions as well as in pathological states, elaboration of the updated information on the mechanism of autophagy was initially carried out.