Bile acid distributions, sex-specificity, and prognosis in colorectal cancer
Cai Y, Shen X, Lu L, Yan H, Huang H, Gaule P, Muca E, Theriot CM, Rattray Z, Rattray NJW, Lu J, Ahuja N, Zhang Y, Paty PB, Khan SA, Johnson CH. Bile acid distributions, sex-specificity, and prognosis in colorectal cancer. Biology Of Sex Differences 2022, 13: 61. PMID: 36274154, PMCID: PMC9590160, DOI: 10.1186/s13293-022-00473-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft-sided colon tumorsRight-sided colon tumorsColon cancer patientsColorectal cancerTumor locationBile acidsColon tumorsCancer patientsQuantitative immunofluorescencePrimary tumor locationImmune regulatory cellsRecurrence-free survivalBile acid metabolismSecondary bile acidsBile acid distributionBile acid analysisBackgroundBile acidsOverall survivalRegulatory cellsCRC patientsMale patientsPatient sexImmune cellsPatient prognosisImmune responseEvaluation of the role of KPNA2 mutations in breast cancer prognosis using bioinformatics datasets
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