SNAI1 and familial pancreatic carcinoma: For instance, by secreting chemoresistance-inducing EVs containing Snail and miR-146, pancreatic cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), that are intrinsically resistant to the chemotherapeutic agent gemcitabine, have been shown to mediate the transfer of resistance to pancreatic cancer epithelial cells when exposed to this drug, thereby increasing their proliferation and survival [39].