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. 2021 Sep 15;16:6313–6328. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S279192

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Key features of the PDAC microenvironment. This diagram highlights highly dense stroma and its impact on immune infiltration (entrapped immune cells) leading to immunosuppression, collapsed blood vessels due to high interstitial pressure, and poor enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect hindering nanoparticles to penetrate into the tumor.