Low cholesterol biosynthesis favors epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition maintenance and influences tumor molecular subtyping and disease-free survival in colon cancer patients
Anaïs Aulas
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Lucia Liberatoscioli
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorPascal Finetti
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorOlivier Cabaud
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorDavid J. Birnbaum
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Department of Digestive Surgery, Hospital Nord, Chemin des Bourrely, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13015 France
Search for more papers by this authorLucas Usclade
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel Birnbaum
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorFrançois Bertucci
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
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Emilie Mamessier
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Correspondence
Emilie Mamessier, Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix-Marseille University, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Marseille 13009, France.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAnaïs Aulas
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Lucia Liberatoscioli
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorPascal Finetti
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorOlivier Cabaud
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorDavid J. Birnbaum
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Department of Digestive Surgery, Hospital Nord, Chemin des Bourrely, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13015 France
Search for more papers by this authorLucas Usclade
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel Birnbaum
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorFrançois Bertucci
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Emilie Mamessier
Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, 13009 France
Correspondence
Emilie Mamessier, Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix-Marseille University, “Ligue contre le cancer” label, Marseille 13009, France.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAnaïs Aulas and Maria Lucia Liberatoscioli contributed equally to this work.

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