Metastatic immune microenvironment remodeling by malignant epithelial cells drives colorectal cancer hepatic metastasis: Multi-omics insights
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Authors
- Wusheng Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4361-554X)
- Silei Zhou
- Ao Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6274-218X)
- Jiali Yao
- Rongbing Hu
- Jin Ding
- Yanjie Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9983-8679)
- Binghua Ma
Institutions
- Naval Medical Research Command (US)
- Shanghai Cancer Institute (CN)
- Hua Medicine (China) (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Translational Oncology
- Published
- 2026-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranon.2026.103035
- Primary Topic
- Immune cells in cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China