Vascular smooth muscle cell plasticity in the tumor microenvironment

Caitlin F. Bell; Richard A. Baylis; Nicolas G. Lopez; Wei Feng Ma; Hua Gao; Fudi Wang; Sharika Bamezai; Changhao Fu; Yoko Kojima; Shaunak S. Adkar; Lingfeng Luo; Clint L. Miller; Nicholas J. Leeper

doi:10.1002/cac2.12635

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Cancer Communications ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (02) : 167-171. DOI: 10.1002/cac2.12635

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Vascular smooth muscle cell plasticity in the tumor microenvironment

Caitlin F. Bell¹^,²^,³ ,
Richard A. Baylis²^,⁴^,⁵ ,
Nicolas G. Lopez²^,⁴ ,
Wei Feng Ma⁶^,⁷ ,
Hua Gao²^,⁴ ,
Fudi Wang²^,⁴ ,
Sharika Bamezai²^,⁴ ,
Changhao Fu²^,⁴ ,
Yoko Kojima²^,⁴ ,
Shaunak S. Adkar²^,⁴ ,
Lingfeng Luo²^,⁴ ,
Clint L. Miller⁶^,⁸ ,
Nicholas J. Leeper²^,⁴

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Caitlin F. Bell, Richard A. Baylis, Nicolas G. Lopez, Wei Feng Ma, Hua Gao, Fudi Wang, Sharika Bamezai, Changhao Fu, Yoko Kojima, Shaunak S. Adkar, Lingfeng Luo, Clint L. Miller, Nicholas J. Leeper. Vascular smooth muscle cell plasticity in the tumor microenvironment. Cancer Communications, 2025, 45(02): 167‒171 https://doi.org/10.1002/cac2.12635

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