Human pancreatic cancer tissue array was purchased from US Biomax as described above. PDX-1-Cre:LSL-KRASG12D mouse pancreas sections were provided by A. M. Lowy. Samples from patients BK-17 and BK-19 were collected and processed as described previously [30 (link)], in accordance with UCSD (La Jolla, CA) Institutional Review Board (IRB) #071136X. Determination of eIF5A1, eIF5A2 and hypusinated eIF5A1 protein expression was performed as described previously using specific antibodies (ab32443 (Abcam) for eIF5A1, H00056648-M01 (Abnova) for eIF5A2 and NIH353 for hypusinated eIF5A1) [30 (link), 35 (link), 36 (link)]. Images were collected with a Leica DM2500 microscope using a 40x objective lens.