Fusobacterium nucleatum Promotes Bladder Cancer Development Through lncRNA IDH1-AS1-Mediated Autophagy
By: JunJie Hu, BiYan Li, XiaoYuan Xu, ShuYing Lin, Shui Xu, YueJun Chen and GaoYin Tong
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https://doi.org/10.7555/JBR.37.20230097
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aite-2026-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1661-4917
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 23, 2025
Accepted on: Dec 4, 2025
Published on: Mar 31, 2026
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