Xia, Yuan
Liu, Yu
Peng, Ai
Su, Yating
Sun, Rongyin
Tanaka, Masota
Qiu, Chunhong https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7514-5093
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82172718)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82400134)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2024M76182)
Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2024QH515)
Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2021MH377)
Article History
Received: 25 February 2026
Accepted: 9 June 2026
First Online: 24 June 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Human colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC) specimens were obtained from the archival pathology tissue repository of Qilu Hospital, Shandong University. All cases had a documented history of ulcerative colitis and histologically confirmed colorectal cancer. The use of archived human specimens was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, and the requirement for informed consent was waived.