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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Intravenous iron treatment fuels chronic kidney disease‐induced arterial media calcification in rats91
Breathing in danger: how particulate matter pollution is putting the public at risk of lung cancer80
High‐resolution and quantitative spatial analysis reveal intra‐ductal phenotypic and functional diversification in pancreatic cancer79
CXCR4 mediates leukemic cell migration and survival in the testicular microenvironment71
Novel prognostication biomarker adipophilin reveals a metabolic shift in uveal melanoma and new therapeutic opportunities68
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‘Know thyself’ – host factors influencing cancer response to immune checkpoint inhibitors63
Ovarian high‐grade serous carcinoma cells with low SMARCA4 expression and high SMARCA2 expression contribute to platinum resistance63
Presence of Tim3+ and PD‐1+CD8+T cells identifies microsatellite stable colorectal carcinomas with immune exhaustion and di60
Escape from senescence: molecular basis and therapeutic ramifications55
Integration of peripheral blood‐ and tissue‐based biomarkers of response to immune checkpoint blockade in urothelial carcinoma53
The association between the tumor immune microenvironments and clinical outcome in low‐grade, early‐stage endometrial cancer patients53
Spatial profiling of ANO7 in prostate tissue: links to AR‐signalling‐associated lipid metabolism and inflammation52
A new FGF15/19‐mediated gut‐to‐heart axis controls cardiac hypertrophy50
Collagen VI promotes recovery from colitis by inducing lymphangiogenesis and drainage of inflammatory cells48
Artificial intelligence to identify genetic alterations in conventional histopathology46
CRISPR–Cas9 screening identifies the role of FER as a tumor suppressor45
Integrating computational pathology and proteomics to address tumor heterogeneity43
Genomic features of Helicobacter pylori‐naïve diffuse‐type gastric cancer42
Identification of tumour‐infiltrating myeloid subsets associated with overall survival in lung squamous cell carcinoma42
Platelet C3G protects from liver fibrosis, while enhancing tumor growth through regulation of the immune response41
Pseudobudding: ruptured glands do not represent true tumor buds39
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Silencing GRHL3 promotes multiple organ distant metastasis of lung squamous cell carcinoma cells by enhancing SOX2 stability via SIRT138
Field cancerization in breast cancer36
In high‐grade ovarian carcinoma, platinum‐sensitive tumor recurrence and acquired‐resistance derive from quiescent residual cancer cells that overexpress CRYAB, CEACAM6, and 34
The E2F1–HOXB9/PBX2–CDK6 axis drives gastric tumorigenesis and serves as a therapeutic target in gastric cancer33
Human scattered tubular cells represent a heterogeneous population of glycolytic dedifferentiated proximal tubule cells33
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Adrenomedullin2 stimulates progression of thyroid cancer in mice and humans under nutrient excess conditions32
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Development of a multi‐scanner facility for data acquisition for digital pathology artificial intelligence31
Prediction of coexisting invasive carcinoma on ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions by mass spectrometry imaging31
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Downregulated BMP–Smad1/5/8 signaling causes emphysema via dysfunction of alveolar type II epithelial cells29
Minigene‐based splicing analysis and ACMG/AMP‐based tentative classification of 56 ATM variants29
Primary thyroid B‐cell lymphoma: molecular insights into its clonal evolution and relapse29
On the origin of gastric tumours: analysis of a case with intramucosal gastric carcinoma and oxyntic gland adenoma29
Genetic and epigenetic alterations in precursor lesions of endometrial endometrioid carcinoma29
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 tumour28
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Integrated molecular characterization of esophageal basaloid squamous cell carcinoma: a subtype with distinct RNA expression pattern and immune characteristics, but no specific genetic muta26
PIK3CA mutation subtype delineates distinct immune profiles in gastric carcinoma26
PCDHGC3 hypermethylation as a potential biomarker of intestinal neuroendocrine carcinomas26
Tumor immune microenvironment alterations associated with progression in human intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms26
Increased expression of phosphodiesterase 4 in activated hepatic stellate cells promotes cytoskeleton remodeling and cell migration25
Random forest modelling demonstrates microglial and protein misfolding features to be key phenotypic markers in C9orf72‐ALS25
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 p25
BMP signalling in colorectal cancer: losing the yin to WNTs yang25
Copy‐number intratumor heterogeneity increases the risk of relapse in chemotherapy‐naive stage II colon cancer25
Transcriptomics and proteomics reveal distinct biology for lymph node metastases and tumour deposits in colorectal cancer25
Lineage tracing in human tissues25
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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 Cancer23
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Somatic loss ofATMis a late event in pancreatic tumorigenesis23
Canonical Kaiso target genes define a functional signature that associates with breast cancer survival and the invasive lobular carcinoma histological type23
Deep learning based on hematoxylin–eosin staining outperforms immunohistochemistry in predicting molecular subtypes of gastric adenocarcinoma23
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Macrophages producing chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan‐4 induce neuro‐cardiac junction impairment in Duchenne muscular dystrophy22
Long‐term treatment of cancer‐prone germline PTEN mutant mice with low‐dose rapamycin extends lifespan and delays tumour development22
C1GALT1 expression predicts poor survival in osteosarcoma and is crucial for ABCC1 transporter‐mediated doxorubicin resistance22
Liver insulin‐like growth factor‐1 mediates effects of low‐intensity vibration on wound healing in diabetic mice22
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Multiregion exome sequencing indicates a monoclonal origin of esophageal spindle‐cell squamous cell carcinoma21
DNA methylation patterns are influenced by Pax3::Foxo1 expression and developmental lineage in rhabdomyosarcoma tumours forming in genetically engineered21
Cell division‐dependent dissemination following E‐cadherin loss underlies initiation of diffuse‐type gastric cancer21
Assessing spatial sequencing and imaging approaches to capture the molecular and pathological heterogeneity of archived cancer tissues21
Caspase activation in tumour‐infiltrating lymphocytes is associated with lymph node metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma20
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Divergent evolution of metachronous follicular lymphoma and extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue from a common precursor19
Differential involvement of LUBAC‐mediated linear ubiquitination in intestinal epithelial cells and macrophages during intestinal inflammation19
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Defining the first bona fide cell model for SMARCA4‐deficient, undifferentiated tumor19
Correction to ‘Dual inhibition of the endothelin and angiotensin receptor ameliorates renal and inner ear pathologies in Alport mice’19
Anti‐CD40L therapy prevents the formation of precursor lesions to gastric B‐cell MALT lymphoma in a mouse model19
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Human colonic organoids for understanding early events of familial adenomatous polyposis pathogenesis18
Fusion with type 2 macrophages induces melanoma cell heterogeneity that potentiates immunological escape from cytotoxic T lymphocytes18
Cdt1 overexpression drives colorectal carcinogenesis through origin overlicensing and DNA damage18
Pancancer cytotoxic T‐cell trapping: are neutrophil extracellular traps a viable biomarker for immunotherapy response?18
Transcriptomic profiles of myxofibrosarcoma and undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma correlate with clinical and genomic features18
Expanding the clinicopathologic spectrum and genomic landscape of tumors with SMARCA2/4::CREM fusions18
Re‐interpreting tumour behaviour and the tumour microenvironment as normal responses to tissue disorganisation18
Spasmolytic polypeptide‐expressing metaplasia (SPEM) cell lineages can be an origin of gastric cancer18
Jeremy Jass Prize for Research Excellence in Pathology 202117
The state of the art for artificial intelligence in lung digital pathology17
Unleashing the potential of AI for pathology: challenges and recommendations17
Histone deacetylase 6 inhibition attenuates pathological cardiac hypertrophy by promoting autophagy through MAP1LC3B ubiquitination17
Proteomic profiling identifies novel diagnostic biomarkers and molecular subtypes for mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma of the kidney17
Genetic alterations during the neoplastic cascade towards cholangiocarcinoma in primary sclerosing cholangitis17
‘Experimentally‐induced anti‐myeloperoxidase vasculitis does not require properdin, MASP‐2 or bone marrow‐derived C516
Consensus molecular subtype transition during progression of colorectal cancer16
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Immune‐related gene expression signatures: a step forward in the stratification of patients with ovarian clear cell carcinoma16
Local factor H production by human choroidal endothelial cells mitigates complement deposition: implications for macular degeneration16
Evidence for etiologic field changes in tongue distant from tumor in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue16
Metformin confers sensitisation to syrosingopine in multiple myeloma cells by metabolic blockage and inhibition of protein synthesis16
RAF1MEK/ERK pathway‐dependent ARL4C expression promotes ameloblastoma cell proliferation and osteoclast formation15
Indoleamine 2,3‐dioxygenase (IDO)‐1 and IDO‐2 activity and severe course of COVID‐1915
Genomic analysis defines distinct pancreatic and neuronal subtypes of lung carcinoid15
The spectrum and significance of secondary (co‐occurring) genetic alterations in sarcomas: the hallmarks of sarcomagenesis15
Clinical significance of pancreatic ductal metaplasia15
Stress testing deep learning models for prostate cancer detection on biopsies and surgical specimens15
Integrative analysis of transcriptomic and metabolomic profiles reveals abnormal phosphatidylinositol metabolism in follicles from endometriosis‐associated infertility patients15
Application of digital pathology‐based advanced analytics of tumour microenvironment organisation to predict prognosis and therapeutic response14
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Extracellular vesicles arising from apoptosis: forms, functions, and applications14
Interaction of the tumor suppressor SMAD4 and WNT signaling in progression to oral squamous cell carcinoma14
The importance of tumor microenvironment modulations in the progression of pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms14
UPK3A+ umbrella cell damage mediated by TLR3–NR2F6 triggers programmed destruction of urothelium in Hunner‐type interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome14
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Lack of EGFR catalytic activity in hepatocytes improves liver regeneration following DDC‐induced cholestatic injury by promoting a pro‐restorative inflammatory response14
Contribution of alterations in peritubular capillary density and microcirculation to the progression of tubular injury and kidney fibrosis14
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PI3 expression predicts recurrence after chemotherapy with DNA‐damaging drugs in gastric cancer14
Tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes‐based subtypes and genomic characteristics of EBV‐associated lymphoepithelioma‐like carcinoma14
Enhanced diagnostic potential of CSPG4 in melanoma and nevi: a comparative study with PRAME, CDC7 and Ki6714
Nuclear pCHK1 as a potential biomarker of increased sensitivity to ATR inhibition14
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Clonal dynamics of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia progression: paired‐sample comparison13
CD27/CD70 pathway activation in primary cutaneous CD4+ small/medium T‐cell lymphoproliferative disorder13
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Brg1 is required to maintain colorectal cancer stem cells13
Disordered farnesoid X receptor signaling is associated with liver carcinogenesis in Abcb11‐deficient mice13
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Fibrinogen Aα‐chain amyloidosis outbreaks in Japanese squirrels (Sciurus lis): a potential disease model13
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Computational pathology in cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and prediction – present day and prospects13
Dual inhibition of the endothelin and angiotensin receptor ameliorates renal and inner ear pathologies in Alport mice12
Downregulation of HDAC9 by the ketone metabolite β‐hydroxybutyrate suppresses vascular calcification12
FOXL2C134W: much ado about something!12
Disorganisation of basement membrane zone architecture impairs melanocyte residence in vitiligo12
A Tc1‐ and Th1‐T‐lymphocyte‐rich tumor microenvironment is a hallmark of MSI colorectal cancer12
Oronasal mucosal melanoma is defined by two transcriptional subtypes in humans and dogs with implications for diagnosis and therapy12
FOXL2 in adult‐type granulosa cell tumour of the ovary: oncogene or tumour suppressor gene?12
Disseminated cancer cells detected by immunocytology in lymph nodes of NSCLC patients are highly prognostic and undergo parallel molecular evolution12
The phospholipid flippase ATP9A enhances macropinocytosis to promote nutrient starvation tolerance in hepatocellular carcinoma12
Computer‐extracted features of nuclear morphology in hematoxylin and eosin images distinguish stage II and IV colon tumors12
Molecular genetic evidence supporting diverse histogenic origins of germ cell tumors12
Comprehensive splicing analysis of the alternatively spliced CHEK2 exons 8 and 10 reveals three enhancer/silencer‐rich regions and 38 spliceogenic variants11
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Role of Toll‐like receptor 4 in intravascular hemolysis‐mediated injury11
Ferrostatin‐1 modulates dysregulated kidney lipids in acute kidney injury11
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Validated biomarker assays confirm that ARID1A loss is confounded with MMR deficiency, CD8+ TIL infiltration, and provides no independent prognostic value i11
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NEIL3 promotes hepatoma epithelial–mesenchymal transition by activating the BRAF/MEK/ERK/TWIST signaling pathway11
Chemokine profiling of melanoma–macrophage crosstalk identifies CCL8 and CCL15 as prognostic factors in cutaneous melanoma10
Elevated NPM1 and FBL expression correlates with prostate cancer aggressiveness and progression10
Discoidin domain receptor 2 signaling through PIK3C2α in fibroblasts promotes lung fibrosis10
Unravelling the tumour genome: The evolutionary and clinical impacts of structural variants in tumourigenesis10
Cancer‐associated fibroblasts potentiate colorectal cancer progression by crosstalk of the IGF2IGF1R and Hippo–YAP1 signaling pathways10
Reducing the risks of nuclear war – the role of health professionals10
P2X4 purinergic receptors offer a therapeutic target for aggressive prostate cancer10
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Muramyl dipeptide alleviates estrogen deficiency‐induced osteoporosis through canonical Wnt signaling10
Distinct genomic landscapes in radiation‐associated angiosarcoma compared with other radiation‐associated sarcoma histologies10
Afadin loss induces breast cancer metastasis through destabilisation of E‐cadherin to F‐actin linkage10
Peak density of immature nerve cells occurs with high‐grade dysplasia in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas10
Oncostatin M is overexpressed in NASH‐related hepatocellular carcinoma and promotes cancer cell invasiveness and angiogenesis10
TP53 disruptive mutation predicts platinum‐based chemotherapy and PD‐1/PD‐L1 blockade response in urothelial carcinoma10
Correction to ‘Hourglass, a compass navigating global and regional heterogeneity of pancreatic cancer’9
Mechanisms regulating vascular and lymphatic regeneration in the heart after myocardial infarction9
Homozygous WASHC4 variant in two sisters causes a syndromic phenotype defined by dysmorphisms, intellectual disability, profound developmental disorder, and skeletal muscle involveme9
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TGF‐β3 from fibroblasts promotes necrotising sialometaplasia by suppressing salivary gland cell proliferation and inducing squamous metaplasia9
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Reconstructing the epidermal proteolytic cascades in health and disease9
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Activated immune infiltrates expand opportunities for targeted therapy in p53‐abnormal endometrial carcinoma9
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Advancing gastric cancer precision medicine with novel genomic screens8
Utilizing aptamers in targeted protein degradation strategies for disease therapy8
BCG invokes superior STING‐mediated innate immune response over radiotherapy in a carcinogen murine model of urothelial cancer8
STING1 deficiency ameliorates immune‐mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis in mice8
Cardiac decompensation and promiscuous prenylation of small GTPases in cardiomyocytes in response to local mevalonate pathway disruption8
Single‐cell transcriptomic analysis reveals that the APPCD74 axis promotes immunosuppression and progression of testicular tumors8
Glomerular basement membrane deposition of collagen α1(III) in Alport glomeruli by mesangial filopodia injures podocytes via aberrant signaling through DDR1 and integr8
A breast cancer PDX collection enriched in luminal (ER+) tumors and young premenopausal patients to identify new therapeutic strategies for high‐risk patients8
Expression patterns and prognostic relevance of subtype‐specific transcription factors in surgically resected small‐cell lung cancer: an international multicenter study8
Mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas and liver share a similar DNA methylation profile with mucinous ovarian tumors8
Comprehensive molecular characterization of adenoid cystic carcinoma reveals tumor suppressors as novel drivers and prognostic biomarkers8
Multisystem screening reveals SARS‐CoV‐2 in neurons of the myenteric plexus and in megakaryocytes8
Definitive study shows no association between ARID1A mutation status and clinical outcome in endometriosis‐related ovarian cancers‡8
Intestinal overgrowth of Candida albicans exacerbates bleomycin‐induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice with dysbiosis8
Cytoplasmic SIRT1 promotes paclitaxel resistance in ovarian carcinoma through increased formation and survival of polyploid giant cancer cells8
Monoallelic deleterious MUTYH germline variants as a driver for tumorigenesis8
Ductal carcinoma in situ develops within clonal fields of mutant cells in morphologically normal ducts8
Mitochondria govern histone acetylation in colorectal cancer8
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Multiomics sequencing and immune microenvironment characteristics define three subtypes of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix8
Functional genomics screening identifies aspartyl‐tRNA synthetase as a novel prognostic marker and a therapeutic target for gastric cancers8
Heterogenous presence of neutrophil extracellular traps in human solid tumours is partially dependent on IL‐88
Discordant prognosis of mismatch repair deficiency in colorectal and endometrial cancer reflects variation in antitumour immune response and immune escape8
The Lund taxonomy for bladder cancer classification – from gene expression clustering to cancer cell molecular phenotypes, and back again8
Genetic and immune landscape evolution in MMR‐deficient colorectal cancer8
NTRK oncogenic fusions are exclusively associated with the serrated neoplasia pathway in the colorectum and begin to occur in sessile serrated lesions8
AI‐guided histopathology predicts brain metastasis in lung cancer patients8
A dominant negative Kcnd3 F227del mutation in mice causes spinocerebellar ataxia type 22 (SCA22) by impairing ER and Golgi functioning8
DNA methylation as a new tool for the differential diagnosis between T‐LBL and lymphocyte‐rich thymoma7
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Persistent SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in patients seemingly recovered from COVID‐197
Redefining phenotypic intratumor heterogeneity of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a bottom‐up approach7
Manchester Pathology 2021. 13th Joint Meeting of the British Division of the International Academy of Pathology and the Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 6–8 July 20217
Alternative driver pathways in peripheral nerve sheath tumors – including DICER1 and/or KRAS alterations7
Correction to ‘Quantitative proteomics identifies altered O‐GlcNAcylation of structural, synaptic and memory‐associated proteins in Alzheimer's disease’7
Initial interactions with the FDA on developing a validation dataset as a medical device development tool7
Tumor‐immune landscape patterns before and after chemoradiation in resectable esophageal adenocarcinomas7
Concerns about pathology expertise and data quality7
Insulin‐degrading enzyme: an ally against metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases7
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‘Splicing predictions, minigene analyses, and ACMG‐AMP clinical classification of 42 germline PALB2 splice‐site variants’7
Thrombospondin‐1 binds to integrin β3 to inhibit vascular calcification through suppression of NFκB pathway7
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Unveiling the intriguing relationship: oncogenic KRAS, morphological shifts, and mutational complexity in pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasms7
The utility of color normalization for AI‐based diagnosis of hematoxylin and eosin‐stained pathology images7
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GPNMB expression identifies TSC1/2/mTOR‐associated and MiT family translocation‐driven renal neoplasms6
A digital score of peri‐epithelial lymphocytic activity predicts malignant transformation in oral epithelial dysplasia6
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The loss of histone deacetylase 4 in macrophages exacerbates hepatic and adipose tissue inflammation in male but not in female mice with diet‐induced non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis6
Nondestructive3Dpathology with analysis of nuclear features for prostate cancer risk assessment6
Biological and clinical significance of the YKL‐40/osteopontin–integrin β4–p70S6K axis induced by macrophages in early oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma6
Comprehensive clinicopathological, molecular, and methylation analysis of mesenchymal tumors with NTRK and other kinase gene aberrations6
LINE‐1 hypomethylation characterizes the inflammatory response in coeliac disease associated‐intestinal mucosa and small bowel adenocarcinomas6
Partial‐EMT cell state correlates with single cell pattern of invasion in head and neck SCC keratinocytes6
Dynamic change of polarity in spread through air spaces of pulmonary malignancies6
Aberrant TERT expression: linking chronic inflammation to hepatocellular carcinoma6
Integrative multi‐omic analysis reveals neurodevelopmental gene dysregulation in CIC‐knockout and IDH1‐mutant cells6
Single‐cell profiling identifies distinct hormonal, immunologic, and inflammatory signatures of endometriosis‐constituting cells6
Automated tumor immunophenotyping predicts clinical benefit from anti‐PD‐L1 immunotherapy6
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Mucosal melanomas of different anatomic sites share a common global DNA methylation profile with cutaneous melanoma but show location‐dependent patterns of genetic and epigenetic alteration6
The significance of PAX5 in Merkel cell carcinoma6
NMRK2 is an efficient diagnostic indicator for Xp11.2 translocation renal cell carcinoma5
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Absence of NOTCH1 mutation and presence of CDKN2A deletion predict progression of esophageal lesions5
Implications of tumour heterogeneity on cancer evolution and therapy resistance: lessons from breast cancer5
Optical genome mapping identifies a novel pediatric embryonal tumor with a ZNF532::NUTM1 fusion5
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