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ArticleNature cancer2025

Microbiome dysbiosis, neutrophil recruitment and mesenchymal transition of mesothelial cells promotes peritoneal metastasis of colorectal cancer.

Qingguo Li, Yiwei Xiao, Lingyu Han, Wenqin Luo, Weixing Dai, Hongsheng Fang, Renjie Wang, Ye Xu, Sanjun Cai, Ajay Goel and 2 more

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Article in Nature cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Qingguo Li *Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Yiwei Xiao *Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC), Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences (CLS), School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Lingyu Han *Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Wenqin Luo *Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Weixing DaiDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Hongsheng FangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Renjie WangDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Ye XuDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Sanjun CaiDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Ajay GoelDepartment of Molecular Diagnostics and Experimental Therapeutics, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Biomedical Research Center, Monrovia, CA, USA. ajgoel@coh.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1396-6341
Fan BaiBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC), Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences (CLS), School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. fbai@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6119-8936
Guoxiang CaiDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China. gxcai@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7772-7078

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82103154National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 8217112384National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82241230National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82341007National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) T2125002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is common in colorectal cancer (CRC), yet its underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we explored the transcriptional profile of CRC, PM and adjacent tissues revealing key players that facilitate PM. Single-cell analysis of 48 matched samples from 12 patients revealed that remodeling of malignant cells and the tumor microenvironment promotes CRC progression and metastasis. Multiplexed imaging confirmed depletion in PM by enrichment in CRC tissues of neutrophils associated with mucosal immunity disruption, intestinal microbiota dysbiosis and mesenchymal transition of both cancerous and mesothelial cells. Functional analyses in cell lines, organoids and in vivo models demonstrated that dysbiosis promoted inflammation and protumor neutrophil recruitment, while coupled mesenchymal transition of malignant and mesothelial cells disrupted the stromal structure and increased cancer cell invasiveness. Our findings suggest that targeting mesothelial cells and tumor microenvironment remodeling may offer therapeutic strategies for CRC-PM.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsDysbiosisEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGastrointestinal MicrobiomeNeutrophil InfiltrationPeritoneal NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMaleMiceSingle-Cell AnalysisTumor Microenvironment

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