Pancreatic Cancer Research

ResearcherHenry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health SciencesActive in the last 2 years

Ralph A. Francescone III

ORCID-verified (high confidence, 0.95), identity_conf@1As of 7 November 2026

Matched on ORCID iD 0000-0002-3149-6825; OpenAlex author ID A5089222986, A5160296999; NIH RePORTER profile ID 10718751. Sources: OpenAlex.

Their work

Papers
10 (first author 2, last author 0)
Trials
0
Grants
2
Labs led
1
Collaborators
46
Papers, trials and grants by year

2020: 1 paper · 2021: 1 paper, 1 grant · 2022: 1 paper · 2023: none · 2024: 3 papers · 2025: 1 paper · 2026: 3 papers, 1 grant

Papers 10

  1. ANO6-mediated trogocytosis of cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes pancreatic cancer cell growth and immune suppression. Co-author DOI 10.1038/s43018-026-01265-5↗
  2. Spatial Transcriptomics on a Diverse Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Reveals Race-Related Differences in Tumor Subtypes and Immune Microenvironments. Co-author DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.can-25-2748↗
  3. HMGA2 Expression in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Controls Tumor Microenvironment and Immunosuppression via IL1α Co-author DOI 10.64898/2026.10.02.754697↗
  4. Human Pancreatic Cancer Single-Cell Atlas Reveals Association of CXCL10+ Fibroblasts and Basal Subtype Tumor Cells. Co-author DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-24-2183↗
  5. Rethinking the Roles of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Pancreatic Cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2024.01.022↗
  6. Pulsed low-dose-rate radiation (PLDR) reduces the tumor-promoting responses induced by conventional chemoradiation in pancreatic cancer-associated fibroblasts Co-author DOI 10.1101/2024.01.13.575510↗
  7. Netrin G1 Ligand is a new stromal immunomodulator that promotes pancreatic cancer First author DOI 10.1101/2024.05.15.594354↗
  8. NetrinG1+ cancer-associated fibroblasts generate unique extracellular vesicles that support the survival of pancreatic cancer cells under nutritional stress. First author DOI 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-21-0147↗
  9. Palladin isoforms 3 and 4 regulate cancer-associated fibroblast pro-tumor functions in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Co-author DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-82937-3↗
  10. Cholesterol Pathway Inhibition Induces TGF-β Signaling to Promote Basal Differentiation in Pancreatic Cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1016/j.ccell.2020.08.015↗

Grants 2

  1. Role of Fibroblast Glutamate Metabolism in Immunosuppression in Pancreatic Cancer R37CA304810↗
  2. Metabolic Link to Immunosuppressive Fibroblasts in Pancreatic Cancer AWARD pancan:2021-ralph-francescone-phd-metabolic-link-to-immunosuppressive-fibr

Closest collaborators

The 25 strongest of 46 by collab_strength@1: shared papers, trials and grants, recent and small-team work weighing most.

  1. Debora Barbosa Vendramini Costa · 9 shared papers, 2021–2026 · strength 1.77
  2. Howard C. Crawford · 4 shared papers, 2024–2026 · strength 0.96
  3. Janusz Franco‐Barraza · 6 shared papers, 2020–2026 · strength 0.89
  4. Edna Cukierman · 6 shared papers, 2020–2026 · strength 0.89
  5. Nina G. Steele · 4 shared papers, 2024–2026 · strength 0.76
  6. Tiffany Luong · 4 shared papers, 2022–2026 · strength 0.68
  7. Ian M. Loveless · 3 shared papers, 2025–2026 · strength 0.60
  8. Charline Ogier · 4 shared papers, 2020–2026 · strength 0.55
  9. Kristopher S. Raghavan · 3 shared papers, 2021–2024 · strength 0.47
  10. Daniel James Salas-Escabillas · 2 shared papers, 2025–2026 · strength 0.38
  11. Ling Huang · 2 shared papers, 2025–2026 · strength 0.38
  12. David Kwon · 2 shared papers, 2025–2026 · strength 0.38
  13. Yuesong Wu · 2 shared papers, 2025–2026 · strength 0.38
  14. Kailee M. Hartway · 2 shared papers, 2025–2026 · strength 0.38
  15. Linara Gabitova-Cornell · 2 shared papers, 2020–2026 · strength 0.26
  16. Igor A. Astsaturov · 2 shared papers, 2020–2026 · strength 0.26
  17. Erica A. Golemis · 2 shared papers, 2020–2026 · strength 0.26
  18. Naomi Yamamoto · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.22
  19. Stephanie Dobersch · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.22
  20. Joana E. Aggrey-Fynn · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.22
  21. Sita Kugel · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.22
  22. Adrianne Wallace-Povirk · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.22
  23. Gregory Lawrence Beatty · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.22
  24. Faiyaz Notta · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.22
  25. Sunil R. Hingorani · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.22

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