From December 9 to 12, 2024, the 55th Annual Meeting of American Pancreatic Association (APA) was held in Maui, Hawaii, USA. At the invitation of the organizing committee, Professor Ma Qingyong, Professor Wu Zheng, Professor Wang Zheng, Associate Professor Han Liang, PhD Zhu Ze’en, Liu Rujuan and Song Yiqun from Pancreatic Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Xi'an Jiaotong University (pancreatic disease team of XJTU) attended the annual meeting. Professor Wang Zheng was invited to deliver an oral presentation at the main venue. The team contributed four posters for academic exchanges, and two of them received the honorary title of "Poster of Distinction".
This annual meeting brought together top experts and scholars in the field of pancreatic diseases from all over the world, including physicians and scientists from surgery, endoscopy, gastroenterology, oncology, endocrinology and pathology, etc.
During the 4-day gathering, Professor Wang Zheng was invited as a special guest to deliver an academic presentation entitled "Multiomics Analysis and New Perspective of Cellular Mechanical Transmission in Pancreative Cancer", illustrating the important role of mechanical homeostasis of pancreatic tissues in the occurrence and development of pancreatic cancer. In recent years, Professor Wang Zheng's team has been devoted to unraveling the mechanism of mechanical structure remodeling and tumorigenesis when the polarity of pancreatic acinar cells is lost to form ADM, which provides a novel idea for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The oral presentation was highly recognized by international experts in the field of pancreatic diseases.
The team also contributed four poster presentations, showcasing the latest clinical and basic research achievements. Two posters entitled “A Phase II Prospective Study of VEGFR/CSF1R inhibitor Combined with Gemcitabine plus Nab-paclitaxel as Successful Conversion therapy of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer” and “Tunneling nanotubes provide a route for mitochondrial spreading in Pancreatic Cancer” received the awards of "Poster of Distinction", captivating widespread attention and recognition from the participating experts.
During the meeting, Professor Wang Zheng conducted in-depth academic exchanges with global experts such as Professor Aliye, president of the annual meeting, Professor Ashok K. Salujia, secretary general of the annual meeting, Professor O. Joe Hines from UCLA and Professor Julia Davydova from UMN. Attending this meeting will further strengthen international integration and cooperation and elevate academic reputation and influence of the pancreatic disease team of XJTU in the field of pancreatic research.
