Journal of Pathology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Pathology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Artificial intelligence to identify genetic alterations in conventional histopathology97
Escape from senescence: molecular basis and therapeutic ramifications85
CXCR4 mediates leukemic cell migration and survival in the testicular microenvironment79
A new FGF15/19‐mediated gut‐to‐heart axis controls cardiac hypertrophy74
Integration of peripheral blood‐ and tissue‐based biomarkers of response to immune checkpoint blockade in urothelial carcinoma73
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Collagen VI promotes recovery from colitis by inducing lymphangiogenesis and drainage of inflammatory cells66
Spatial profiling of ANO7 in prostate tissue: links to AR‐signalling‐associated lipid metabolism and inflammation63
Breathing in danger: how particulate matter pollution is putting the public at risk of lung cancer60
Ovarian high‐grade serous carcinoma cells with low SMARCA4 expression and high SMARCA2 expression contribute to platinum resistance58
Novel prognostication biomarker adipophilin reveals a metabolic shift in uveal melanoma and new therapeutic opportunities56
The association between the tumor immune microenvironments and clinical outcome in low‐grade, early‐stage endometrial cancer patients52
‘Know thyself’ – host factors influencing cancer response to immune checkpoint inhibitors51
Intravenous iron treatment fuels chronic kidney disease‐induced arterial media calcification in rats50
High‐resolution and quantitative spatial analysis reveal intra‐ductal phenotypic and functional diversification in pancreatic cancer46
Identification of actionable targets using DEPArray ‐based sorting of pure carcinoma and stromal populations from formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded ti45
Presence of Tim3+ and PD‐1+CD8+T cells identifies microsatellite stable colorectal carcinomas with immune exhaustion and di45
Field cancerization in breast cancer44
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CRISPR –Cas9 screening identifies the role of FER as a tumor suppressor41
Silencing GRHL3 promotes multiple organ distant metastasis of lung squamous cell carcinoma cells by enhancing SOX2 stability via SIRT140
Identification of tumour‐infiltrating myeloid subsets associated with overall survival in lung squamous cell carcinoma40
In high‐grade ovarian carcinoma, platinum‐sensitive tumor recurrence and acquired‐resistance derive from quiescent residual cancer cells that overexpress CRYAB, CEACAM6, and 37
The E2F1–HOXB9/PBX2–CDK6 axis drives gastric tumorigenesis and serves as a therapeutic target in gastric cancer37
Platelet C3G protects from liver fibrosis, while enhancing tumor growth through regulation of the immune response37
Pseudobudding: ruptured glands do not represent true tumor buds36
Human scattered tubular cells represent a heterogeneous population of glycolytic dedifferentiated proximal tubule cells35
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Integrating computational pathology and proteomics to address tumor heterogeneity33
KMT2D deficiency potentiates antitumor immunity and sensitizes immune checkpoint blockade in urologic cancers33
Genomic features of Helicobacter pylori‐naïve diffuse‐type gastric cancer33
Development of a multi‐scanner facility for data acquisition for digital pathology artificial intelligence32
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Integrative analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data of normal, tumour, and co‐occurring leukoplakia tissue triads drawn from patients with gingivobuccal oral cancer identifies signatures of tumour31
Prediction of coexisting invasive carcinoma on ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions by mass spectrometry imaging31
On the origin of gastric tumours: analysis of a case with intramucosal gastric carcinoma and oxyntic gland adenoma31
Minigene‐based splicing analysis and ACMG/AMP‐based tentative classification of 56 ATM variants30
Adrenomedullin2 stimulates progression of thyroid cancer in mice and humans under nutrient excess conditions29
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PCDHGC3 hypermethylation as a potential biomarker of intestinal neuroendocrine carcinomas27
Downregulated BMP –Smad1/5/8 signaling causes emphysema via dysfunction of alveolar type II epithe27
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Primary thyroid B‐cell lymphoma: molecular insights into its clonal evolution and relapse27
Genetic and epigenetic alterations in precursor lesions of endometrial endometrioid carcinoma27
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Tumor immune microenvironment alterations associated with progression in human intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms25
Integrated molecular characterization of esophageal basaloid squamous cell carcinoma: a subtype with distinct RNA expression pattern and immune characteristics, but no specific genetic muta25
BMP signalling in colorectal cancer: losing the yin to WNTs yang25
The earliest events in BRAF‐mutant colorectal cancer: exome sequencing of sessile serrated lesions with a tiny focus dysplasia or cancer reveals recurring mutations in two distinct p24
PIK3CA mutation subtype delineates distinct immune profiles in gastric carcinoma24
Deep learning based on hematoxylin–eosin staining outperforms immunohistochemistry in predicting molecular subtypes of gastric adenocarcinoma23
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Canonical Kaiso target genes define a functional signature that associates with breast cancer survival and the invasive lobular carcinoma histological type23
Lineage tracing in human tissues23
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Somatic loss of ATM is a late event in pancreatic tumorigenesis22
Random forest modelling demonstrates microglial and protein misfolding features to be key phenotypic markers in C9orf72‐ALS22
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Pitfalls in machine learning‐based assessment of tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer: A report of the International Immuno‐Oncology Biomarker Working Group on Breast Cancer22
Copy‐number intratumor heterogeneity increases the risk of relapse in chemotherapy‐naive stage II colon cancer22
Increased expression of phosphodiesterase 4 in activated hepatic stellate cells promotes cytoskeleton remodeling and cell migration21
Liver insulin‐like growth factor‐1 mediates effects of low‐intensity vibration on wound healing in diabetic mice21
Caspase activation in tumour‐infiltrating lymphocytes is associated with lymph node metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma21
Long‐term treatment of cancer‐prone germline PTEN mutant mice with low‐dose rapamycin extends lifespan and delays tumour development21
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Transcriptomics and proteomics reveal distinct biology for lymph node metastases and tumour deposits in colorectal cancer21
Assessing spatial sequencing and imaging approaches to capture the molecular and pathological heterogeneity of archived cancer tissues20
Multiregion exome sequencing indicates a monoclonal origin of esophageal spindle‐cell squamous cell carcinoma20
DNA methylation patterns are influenced by Pax3 :: 19
C1GALT1 expression predicts poor survival in osteosarcoma and is crucial for ABCC1 transporter‐mediated doxorubicin re19
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Cell division‐dependent dissemination following E‐cadherin loss underlies initiation of diffuse‐type gastric cancer19
Genetic alterations during the neoplastic cascade towards cholangiocarcinoma in primary sclerosing cholangitis18
APC‐related multiple salivary gland lesions: spatial transcriptomic analysis reveals progressive WNT activation18
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Macrophages producing chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan‐4 induce neuro‐cardiac junction impairment in Duchenne muscular dystrophy18
The state of the art for artificial intelligence in lung digital pathology18
Pancancer cytotoxic T‐cell trapping: are neutrophil extracellular traps a viable biomarker for immunotherapy response?18
Expanding the clinicopathologic spectrum and genomic landscape of tumors with SMARCA2/4::CREM fusions18
Mutation profiling in differential diagnosis between TdT‐positive high‐grade/large B‐cell lymphoma and B‐lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma18
Revisionist history uncovers a simplified molecular‐based classification of differentiated thyroid cancer18
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Proteomic profiling identifies novel diagnostic biomarkers and molecular subtypes for mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma of the kidney17
Defining the first bona fide cell model for SMARCA4‐deficient, undifferentiated tumor17
Spasmolytic polypeptide‐expressing metaplasia (SPEM) cell lineages can be an origin of gastric cancer17
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Correction to ‘Dual inhibition of the endothelin and angiotensin receptor ameliorates renal and inner ear pathologies in Alport mice’17
Re‐interpreting tumour behaviour and the tumour microenvironment as normal responses to tissue disorganisation17
Differential involvement of LUBAC‐mediated linear ubiquitination in intestinal epithelial cells and macrophages during intestinal inflammation16
Histone deacetylase 6 inhibition attenuates pathological cardiac hypertrophy by promoting autophagy through MAP1LC3B ubiquitination16
Cdt1 overexpression drives colorectal carcinogenesis through origin overlicensing and DNA damage16
Fusion with type 2 macrophages induces melanoma cell heterogeneity that potentiates immunological escape from cytotoxic T lymphocytes16
Human colonic organoids for understanding early events of familial adenomatous polyposis pathogenesis16
Unleashing the potential of AI for pathology: challenges and recommendations16
Divergent evolution of metachronous follicular lymphoma and extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue from a common precursor16
Anti‐CD40L therapy prevents the formation of precursor lesions to gastric B‐cell MALT lymphoma in a mouse model16
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Transcriptomic profiles of myxofibrosarcoma and undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma correlate with clinical and genomic features16
Immune‐related gene expression signatures: a step forward in the stratification of patients with ovarian clear cell carcinoma 15
RAF1MEK/ERK pathway‐dependent ARL4C expression promotes ameloblastoma cell proliferation and osteoclast formation15
UPK3A+ umbrella cell damage mediated by TLR3–NR2F6 triggers programmed destruction of urothelium in Hunner‐type interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome15
The importance of tumor microenvironment modulations in the progression of pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms15
The spectrum and significance of secondary (co‐occurring) genetic alterations in sarcomas: the hallmarks of sarcomagenesis15
Jeremy Jass Prize for Research Excellence in Pathology 202114
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‘Experimentally‐induced anti‐myeloperoxidase vasculitis does not require properdin, MASP‐2 or bone marrow‐derived C514
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PI3 expression predicts recurrence after chemotherapy with DNA‐damaging drugs in gastric cancer14
Metformin confers sensitisation to syrosingopine in multiple myeloma cells by metabolic blockage and inhibition of protein synthesis14
Application of digital pathology‐based advanced analytics of tumour microenvironment organisation to predict prognosis and therapeutic response14
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Evidence for etiologic field changes in tongue distant from tumor in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue14
Consensus molecular subtype transition during progression of colorectal cancer14
Stress testing deep learning models for prostate cancer detection on biopsies and surgical specimens14
Tracing metastatic spread in pediatric solid tumors using copy number and targeted deep sequencing14
Indoleamine 2,3‐dioxygenase (IDO)‐1 and IDO‐2 activity and severe course of COVID‐1913
Clinical significance of pancreatic ductal metaplasia13
Fibrinogen Aα‐chain amyloidosis outbreaks in Japanese squirrels (Sciurus lis): a potential disease model13
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Local factor H production by human choroidal endothelial cells mitigates complement deposition: implications for macular degeneration13
Genomic analysis defines distinct pancreatic and neuronal subtypes of lung carcinoid13
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Enhanced diagnostic potential of CSPG4 in melanoma and nevi: a comparative study with PRAME, CDC7 and Ki6713
Tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes‐based subtypes and genomic characteristics of EBV‐associated lymphoepithelioma‐like carcinoma13
Interaction of the tumor suppressor SMAD4 and WNT signaling in progression to oral squamous cell carcinoma13
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Integrative analysis of transcriptomic and metabolomic profiles reveals abnormal phosphatidylinositol metabolism in follicles from endometriosis‐associated infertility patients13
Lack of EGFR catalytic activity in hepatocytes improves liver regeneration following DDC‐induced cholestatic injury by promoting a pro‐restorative inflammatory response13
Nuclear pCHK1 as a potential biomarker of increased sensitivity to ATR inhibition13
Computer‐extracted features of nuclear morphology in hematoxylin and eosin images distinguish stage II and IV colon tumors12
Disseminated cancer cells detected by immunocytology in lymph nodes of NSCLC patients are highly prognostic and undergo parallel molecular evolution12
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Contribution of alterations in peritubular capillary density and microcirculation to the progression of tubular injury and kidney fibrosis12
Validated biomarker assays confirm that ARID1A loss is confounded with MMR deficiency, 12
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Computational pathology in cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and prediction – present day and prospects12
Clonal dynamics of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia progression: paired‐sample comparison12
Role of Toll‐like receptor 4 in intravascular hemolysis‐mediated injury12
A Tc1‐ and Th1‐T‐lymphocyte‐rich tumor microenvironment is a hallmark of MSI colorectal cancer12
CD27 / CD70 pathway activation in primary cutaneous CD4 + small/med12
Extracellular vesicles arising from apoptosis: forms, functions, and applications12
Comprehensive splicing analysis of the alternatively spliced CHEK2 exons 8 and 10 reveals three en11
Dual inhibition of the endothelin and angiotensin receptor ameliorates renal and inner ear pathologies in Alport mice11
The phospholipid flippase ATP9A enhances macropinocytosis to promote nutrient starvation tolerance in hepatocellular carcinoma11
Oronasal mucosal melanoma is defined by two transcriptional subtypes in humans and dogs with implications for diagnosis and therapy11
FOXL2C134W: much ado about something!11
Disorganisation of basement membrane zone architecture impairs melanocyte residence in vitiligo11
Ferrostatin‐1 modulates dysregulated kidney lipids in acute kidney injury11
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Super resolution of pathology images with hierarchical feature integration and local image patterns10
Downregulation of HDAC9 by the ketone metabolite β‐hydroxybutyrate suppresses vascular calcification10
Discoidin domain receptor 2 signaling through PIK3C2α in fibroblasts promotes lung fibrosis10
Distinct genomic landscapes in radiation‐associated angiosarcoma compared with other radiation‐associated sarcoma histologies10
Cell state dynamics during early stages of serous endometrial carcinoma10
Reducing the risks of nuclear war – the role of health professionals10
P2X4 purinergic receptors offer a therapeutic target for aggressive prostate cancer10
NEIL3 promotes hepatoma epithelial–mesenchymal transition by activating the BRAF/MEK/ERK/TWIST signaling pathway10
Afadin loss induces breast cancer metastasis through destabilisation of E‐cadherin to F‐actin linkage10
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Chemokine profiling of melanoma–macrophage crosstalk identifies CCL8 and CCL15 as prognostic facto9
Cancer‐associated fibroblasts potentiate colorectal cancer progression by crosstalk of the IGF2IGF1R and Hippo–YAP1 signaling pathways9
Periostin‐IHH feedforward loop promotes hepatocellular carcinoma development by enhancing hepatic fibrosis and tumor cell proliferation9
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Spatial transcriptomics exploration of the primary neuroblastoma microenvironment in archived FFPE samples unveils novel paracrine interactions9
Muramyl dipeptide alleviates estrogen deficiency‐induced osteoporosis through canonical Wnt signaling9
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Homozygous WASHC4 variant in two sisters causes a syndromic phenotype defined by dysmorphisms, intellectual disability, profound developmental disorder, and skeletal muscle involveme9
Activated immune infiltrates expand opportunities for targeted therapy in p53‐abnormal endometrial carcinoma9
Oncostatin M is overexpressed in NASH‐related hepatocellular carcinoma and promotes cancer cell invasiveness and angiogenesis9
TP53 disruptive mutation predicts platinum‐based chemotherapy and PD‐1/PD‐L1 blockade response in urothelial carcinoma9
Peak density of immature nerve cells occurs with high‐grade dysplasia in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas9
Unravelling the tumour genome: The evolutionary and clinical impacts of structural variants in tumourigenesis9
Elevated NPM1 and FBL expression correlates with prostate cancer aggressiveness and progression9
Mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas and liver share a similar DNA methylation profile with mucinous ovarian tumors8
Reconstructing the epidermal proteolytic cascades in health and disease8
Multiomics sequencing and immune microenvironment characteristics define three subtypes of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix8
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A dominant negative Kcnd3 F227del mutation in mice causes spinocerebellar ataxia type 22 ( 8
Genetic and immune landscape evolution in MMR‐ deficient colorectal cancer8
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Multisystem screening reveals SARS‐CoV‐2 in neurons of the myenteric plexus and in megakaryocytes8
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Functional genomics screening identifies aspartyl‐tRNA synthetase as a novel prognostic marker and a therapeutic target for gastric cancers8
TGF‐β3 from fibroblasts promotes necrotising sialometaplasia by suppressing salivary gland cell proliferation and inducing squamous metaplasia8
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Dysregulated mitochondrial energy metabolism drives the progression of mucosal field effects to invasive bladder cancer8
Comprehensive molecular characterization of adenoid cystic carcinoma reveals tumor suppressors as novel drivers and prognostic biomarkers8
BCG invokes superior STING‐mediated innate immune response over radiotherapy in a carcinogen murine model of urothelial cancer8
Correction to ‘Hourglass, a compass navigating global and regional heterogeneity of pancreatic cancer’8
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Advancing gastric cancer precision medicine with novel genomic screens8
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Utilizing aptamers in targeted protein degradation strategies for disease therapy8
Expression patterns and prognostic relevance of subtype‐specific transcription factors in surgically resected small‐cell lung cancer: an international multicenter study8
Mechanisms regulating vascular and lymphatic regeneration in the heart after myocardial infarction8
DNA‐hypermethylated human gastric cancer circumvents apoptosis in the absence of TP53 mutation7
A breast cancer PDX collection enriched in luminal (ER+) tumors and young premenopausal patients to identify new therapeutic strategies for high‐risk patients7
Cytoplasmic SIRT1 promotes paclitaxel resistance in ovarian carcinoma through increased formation and survival of polyploid giant cancer cells7
Intestinal overgrowth of Candida albicans exacerbates bleomycin‐induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice with dysbiosis7
Metamorphoses in pancreatic cancer precursors: the role of simple mucinous cysts 7
Ductal carcinoma in situ develops within clonal fields of mutant cells in morphologically normal ducts7
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Definitive study shows no association between ARID1A mutation status and clinical outcome in endometriosis‐related ovarian cancers‡7
Glomerular basement membrane deposition of collagen α1(III) in Alport glomeruli by mesangial filopodia injures podocytes via aberrant signaling through DDR1 and integr7
STING1 deficiency ameliorates immune‐mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis in mice7
Phylogenetic analysis of paired breast carcinomas identifies genetic events associated with clonal recurrence and invasive progression7
AI ‐guided histopathology predicts brain metastasis in lung cancer patients7
Single‐cell transcriptomic analysis reveals that the APPCD74 axis promotes immunosuppression and progression of testicular tumors7
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Mitochondria govern histone acetylation in colorectal cancer7
Tumor‐immune landscape patterns before and after chemoradiation in resectable esophageal adenocarcinomas7
Discordant prognosis of mismatch repair deficiency in colorectal and endometrial cancer reflects variation in antitumour immune response and immune escape7
Monoallelic deleterious MUTYH germline variants as a driver for tumorigenesis7
Alternative driver pathways in peripheral nerve sheath tumors – including DICER1 and/or KRAS alter6
The utility of color normalization for AI‐based diagnosis of hematoxylin and eosin‐stained pathology images6
Integrative multi‐omic analysis reveals neurodevelopmental gene dysregulation in CIC‐knockout and IDH1‐mutant cells6
Automated tumor immunophenotyping predicts clinical benefit from anti‐PD‐L1 immunotherapy6
DNA methylation as a new tool for the differential diagnosis between T‐LBL and lymphocyte‐rich thymoma6
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The Lund taxonomy for bladder cancer classification – from gene expression clustering to cancer cell molecular phenotypes, and back again6
Persistent SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in patients seemingly recovered from COVID‐196
Concerns about pathology expertise and data quality6
Single‐cell profiling identifies distinct hormonal, immunologic, and inflammatory signatures of endometriosis‐constituting cells6
Partial‐EMT cell state correlates with single cell pattern of invasion in head and neck SCC keratinocytes6
Initial interactions with the FDA on developing a validation dataset as a medical device development tool6
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Correction to ‘Quantitative proteomics identifies altered O‐GlcNAcylation of structural, synaptic and memory‐associated proteins in Alzheimer's disease’6
‘Splicing predictions, minigene analyses, and ACMG‐AMP clinical classification of 42 germline PALB2 splice‐site variants’6
The significance of PAX5 in Merkel cell carcinoma6
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A digital score of peri‐epithelial lymphocytic activity predicts malignant transformation in oral epithelial dysplasia6
Unveiling the intriguing relationship: oncogenic KRAS, morphological shifts, and mutational complexity in pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasms6
Cardiac decompensation and promiscuous prenylation of small GTPases in cardiomyocytes in response to local mevalonate pathway disruption6
Thrombospondin‐1 binds to integrin β3 to inhibit vascular calcification through suppression of NFκB pathway6
Redefining phenotypic intratumor heterogeneity of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a bottom‐up approach6
Cancer‐associated fibroblast heterogeneity in chordoma5
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Genetic context of oncogenic drivers dictates vascular sarcoma development in aP2‐Cre mice5
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Optical genome mapping identifies a novel pediatric embryonal tumor with a ZNF532::NUTM1 fusion5
Multiomic spatial atlas shows deleted in malignant brain tumors 1 (DMBT1) glycoprotein is lost in colonic dysplasia5
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