KEAP1 and familial pancreatic carcinoma: In light of recent reports that Nrf2 regulates cancer cell proliferation [22,23], and given that the Nrf2/Keap1 system is functional in Suit-2, Miapaca-2 and FAMPAC pancreatic cancer cells, we examined the role of Nrf2 in determining the rate of proliferation of these cells.