Johnson, Katherine A.
Lippert, Anna E.L.
Cornelio, Alec
Gadalla, Yousef
Shen, Xingqi
Kraus, Sean G.
Emmerich, Philip B.
Field, Anna M.
Steimle, Alyssa K.
Pasch, Cheri A.
Dinh, Huy Q.
Zhang, Wei
Matkowskyj, Kristina A.
Deming, Dustin A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Cancer Institute (T32 CA009135)
National Cancer Institute (R01 CA272855)
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Gastrointestinal Disease-Oriented Team Trainee Fund
Funk Out Cancer
Cathy Wingert Colorectal Cancer Research Fund
ACI/Schwenn Family Professorship
National Institutes of Health
Article History
Received: 5 February 2026
Accepted: 6 July 2026
First Online: 10 July 2026
Declarations
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: All studies were completed following Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval with informed written consent obtained from subjects. For immunofluorescence (IF) analysis of representative human tumors and derivation of CAF cell lines, human samples were acquired through the University of Wisconsin (UW) Translational Science BioCore (UW IRB#2016 − 0934), UW Molecular Tumor Board Registry (UW IRB#2014 − 1370), or UW Rectal and Anal Cancer Registry (UW IRB#2018 − 0149).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.