Pancreatic Cancer Research

ResearcherInternational Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto UniversityNo recent work listed

Luke Bu

Verified by OpenAlex author ID (good confidence, 0.85), identity_conf@1As of 7 November 2026

Matched on OpenAlex author ID A5110024934. Sources: OpenAlex.

Their work

Papers
4
Trials
0
Grants
0
Labs led
0
Collaborators
20
Papers, trials and grants by year

2018: 1 paper · 2019: none · 2020: none · 2021: 1 paper · 2022: 1 paper · 2023: 1 paper

Papers 4

  1. Cancer-associated fibroblasts reuse cancer-derived lactate to maintain a fibrotic and immunosuppressive microenvironment in pancreatic cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.163022↗
  2. Tumor microenvironmental 15-PGDH depletion promotes fibrotic tumor formation and angiogenesis in pancreatic cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1111/cas.15495↗
  3. Metabolic shift to serine biosynthesis through 3-PG accumulation and PHGDH induction promotes tumor growth in pancreatic cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1016/j.canlet.2021.09.007↗
  4. Downregulation of 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase by interleukin-1β from activated macrophages leads to poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1111/cas.13467↗

Closest collaborators

The 20 strongest of 20 by collab_strength@1: shared papers, trials and grants, recent and small-team work weighing most.

  1. Rumi Itoyama · 4 shared papers, 2018–2023 · strength 0.40
  2. Takatsugu Ishimoto · 4 shared papers, 2018–2023 · strength 0.40
  3. Fumimasa Kitamura · 3 shared papers, 2021–2023 · strength 0.34
  4. Hideo Baba · 3 shared papers, 2018–2023 · strength 0.31
  5. Katsunori Imai · 3 shared papers, 2018–2023 · strength 0.29
  6. Kota Arima · 3 shared papers, 2018–2022 · strength 0.27
  7. Tomoyuki Uchihara · 3 shared papers, 2018–2022 · strength 0.27
  8. Hiromitsu Hayashi · 2 shared papers, 2021–2023 · strength 0.22
  9. Norio Uemura · 1 shared paper, 2023 · strength 0.13
  10. Kosuke Mima · 1 shared paper, 2023 · strength 0.13
  11. Jun Zhang · 1 shared paper, 2022 · strength 0.11
  12. Yosuke Nakao · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.09
  13. Hideo Baba · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.09
  14. Yuki Kitano · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.09
  15. Tatsunori Miyata · 1 shared paper, 2021 · strength 0.09
  16. Masayo Tsukamoto · 1 shared paper, 2018 · strength 0.07
  17. Akira Chikamoto · 1 shared paper, 2018 · strength 0.07
  18. Daisuke Hashimoto · 1 shared paper, 2018 · strength 0.07
  19. Shigeki Nakagawa · 1 shared paper, 2018 · strength 0.07
  20. Hirohisa Okabe · 1 shared paper, 2018 · strength 0.07

How to reach this person

A chain of introductions through people who have published, run trials or held grants together (warm_path@1: fewest links first, then the strongest). Built from public records only; no contact details are kept.