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Natural killer cell dysfunction is associated with colorectal cancer with severe COVID-19
Jun-Feng Wang, Lu-Zhou Zhang, Tao Liu, Qing-Hong Meng, Jia-Wei Mu, Yu-Liang Wang
Jun-Feng Wang, Department of Colorectal Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin’s Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin 300060, China
Lu-Zhou Zhang, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhucheng People’s Hospital, Zhucheng 262200, Shandong Province, China
Tao Liu, National Health Commission’s Key Laboratory for Critical Care Medicine, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin 300071, China
Qing-Hong Meng, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Eco-city Hospital of Tianjin Fifth Central Hospital, Tianjin 300467, China
Jia-Wei Mu, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300211, China
Yu-Liang Wang, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300211, China
Co-first authors: Jun-Feng Wang and Lu-Zhou Zhang.
Author contributions: Wang JF, Zhang LZ, Liu T, and Wang YL performed the experiments; Wang JF, Meng QH, Mu JW, and Wang YL acquired and analyzed the data; Wang JF, Zhang LZ, and Wang YL interpreted the data; Wang YL conceived and designed the project; Meng QH drafted the manuscript; Wang YL wrote the manuscript, conceptualized, and designed the project process; conducted the literature research, revised the manuscript, and handled its submission; All authors approved the final version of the article.
Institutional review board statement: The institutional review board of Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital approved the study protocol. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards, No. Ek2022110.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: All data generated or analyzed supporting conclusions are included in the current manuscript.
Corresponding author: Yu-Liang Wang, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Tianjin Institute of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, No. 22 Pingjiang Road, Hexi Distinct, Tianjin 300211, China.
wang_yu_l@163.com
Received: January 2, 2025
Revised: January 30, 2025
Accepted: February 27, 2025
Published online: May 15, 2025
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