A Genetically Engineered Human Organoid Model Reveals Distinct Genetic and Epigenetic Barriers of Lineage Plasticity in Early PDAC Transformation
X Zhang, W. Douglas Wong, Hyunwoo Cho, Dapeng Yang, Gary Dixon, Renhe Luo, Dingyu Liu, Denis Torre, Shigeaki Umeda, Federico Gonzãlez, Gökçe Aşkan, Aslihan Yavas, Jeyaram Ravichandran Damodaran, Robert W. Rickert, Rajya L. Kappagantula, , Danwei Huangfu
This paper develops a human organoid model of early PDAC that identifies genetic and epigenetic barriers to lineage plasticity, showing CDKN2A loss is essential with KRAS/TP53 mutations and TET1 suppression links ERK signaling to transcription factor silencing.
bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology