Bulk integrated single-cell-spatial transcriptomics reveals the impact of preoperative chemotherapy on cancer-associated fibroblasts and tumor cells in colorectal cancer, and construction of related predictive models using machine learning.

Journal: Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Preoperative chemotherapy (PC) is an important component of Colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment, but its effects on the biological functions of fibroblasts and epithelial cells in CRC are unclear.

Authors

  • Shangshang Hu
    School of Medicine, Southeast University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Jian Qin
    College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China.
  • Muzi Ding
    School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, 211122, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Rui Gao
    School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
  • Qianni Xiao
    School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, 211122, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Jinwei Lou
    School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, 211122, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Yuhan Chen
    Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang, China.
  • Shukui Wang
    School of Medicine, Southeast University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. sk_wang@njmu.edu.cn.
  • Yuqin Pan
    General Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, No. 68, Changle Road, 210006, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. panyuqin01@163.com.