Pancreatic cancer cell lines showed significantly reduced cell proliferation and invasion after inhibition of S100A6 and different genes (e.g. human ovarian b-A inhibin, activin A and cytokine gro-b) that are known to be negative regulators of cell proliferation were shown to be up-regulated by S100A6 inhibition [33]. Here, S100A6 is linked to familial pancreatic carcinoma.