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ArticleiScience2026

ACSS2 is required for colorectal cancer progression and a druggable target for colorectal cancer treatment.

Lei Wang, Urszula Dougherty, Wenliang He, Lu Gao, Caleb Muefong, Rajesh Sarkar, Jie Du, Ardaman Shergill, Hening Lin, Marc Bissonnette and 1 more

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Lei WangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Urszula DoughertyDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Wenliang HeDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Lu GaoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Caleb MuefongDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Rajesh SarkarDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jie DuDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ardaman ShergillDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Hening LinDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Marc BissonnetteDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Yan Chun LiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Funding

Metabolic Regulation of Colonic Senescence and Pathological Implications: Epithelial and Microbial InteractionsR01DK138355 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Yan Chun LI · 2024 to 2026
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK138355
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acyl-CoA synthetase short chain family member 2 (ACSS2) catalyzes the conversion of acetate to acetyl-CoA. Here we show that

Indexed as

acetateacetyl-CoAACSS2ACSS2 inhibitorcolorectal cancer

Identifiers

PMID42495523
PMCPMC13392868

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