Xin Liu, Xin Wang, Qingxia Yang, Li Luo, Ziqin Liu, Xiaoxue Ren, Kai Lei, Shangru Li, Zonglin Xie, Gaomin Zheng, Yifan Zhang, Yijie Hao, Qianying Zhou, Yingdong Hou, Fei Fang, Wu Song, Ji Cui, Jinping Ma, Wenxuan Xie, Shunli Shen, Ce Tang, Sui Peng, Jun Yu, Ming Kuang, Xinming Song, Fang Wang, Lixia Xu
Liver metastasis is the leading cause of mortality in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Given the significance of both epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of tumor cells and the immune microenvironment in CRC liver metastasis (CRLM), the interplay between them could hold the key for developing improved treatment options. We employed multi-omics analysis of 130 samples from 18 synchronous CRLM patients integrated with external datasets to comprehensively evaluate the interaction between immune cells and EMT of tumor cells in liver metastasis...
February 9, 2024: Cancer Research