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Integrative single-cell and bulk transcriptomes analyses reveals heterogeneity of serine-glycine-one-carbon metabolism with distinct prognoses and therapeutic vulnerabilities in HNSCC
- Lixuan Wang1,2,3, Rongchun Yang1,2,3, Yue Kong1,2,3, Jing Zhou1,2,3, Yingyao Chen1,2,3, Rui Li4, Chuwen Chen1,2,3, Xinran Tang4, Xiaobing Chen1,2,3, Juan Xia1,2,3, Xijuan Chen1,2,3, Bin Cheng1,2,3, Xianyue Ren1,2,3
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1. Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China;
2. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guangzhou, China;
3. Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China;
4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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