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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6607099 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oncology letters 20190604 2
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is an important threat to human health and the fourth leading cause of mortality worldwide. Accumulating evidence indicates that the composition of the intestinal flora is associated with the occurrence of CRC. <i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i> (<i>Fn</i>), one of the highly enriched bacteria in CRC tissues, invades the mucosa with adhesion factors and virulence proteins, interacts with the host immune system and promotes the occurrence and development of CRC and chemoresist ...[more]