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#3471 A novel in vitro spheroid model enables multi-modality assessment of the anti-tumoral immune response in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

Introduction: Patients harbouring pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PNENs) often present as a non-resectable disease due to distant metastases, hence, efficacy of the current medical intervention is limited. Activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is a known tumorigenic driver in PNENs. mTOR inhibition by Everolimus (EVE) delays PNEN progression, but the mechanism is not clear. EVE is also used as an immunosuppressant, thus we hypothesized that it may suppress the anti-tumoral immune response.

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Authors: Nasirov S, Zaig E, Mor-Cohen R, Telerman A, Tirosh A,

Keywords: PNEN, spheroid, Everolimus, mTOR,

#3188 mTOR pathway inhibitors differently effect proliferation and gene expression in pancreatic and pulmonary NET cell lines

Introduction: The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is part of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway which has a central role in the oncogenesis of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Everolimus (EVE), an mTOR inhibitor, has shown effective in delaying progression of advanced NETs, but with a limited long-term efficacy, possibly due to a compensatory activation of the PI3K/AKT signalling. BYL719, a PI3K inhibitor, was shown to inhibit growth of several NET cell line models.

Conference: 18th Annual ENETS Concerence (2021)

Presenting Author: Mor-Cohen R

Authors: Mor-Cohen R, Braiman N, Tirosh A,

Keywords: NET cell lines, PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling, Wnt signalling, everolimus, BYL719,