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The data generated in this study are available in the Genomic Expression Archive (GEA) database under the accession numbers E-GEAD-561
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through cBioportal (https://www.cbioportal.org). Raw gene expression data of CRC patient dataset (GSE35602, GSE14333 and GSE17536)
were directly accessed through the GEO website (NCBI). Raw gene
expression (count) data and metadata of single cell transcriptomic
dataset of human CRCs (SMC) were directly accessed through the GEO
website (GSE132465), and converted into Seurat object. Published
single cell transcriptome data of orthotopic MTO tumor was downloaded from GEO website (GSE154863), and converted into Seurat
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Acknowledgements
Research was supported by the Project for Cancer Research and
Therapeutic Evolution (P-CREATE, 18cm0106142h0001 (A.F.),
20cm0106177h0001 (H.S.), 20cm0106375h0001 (A.F.),
21cm0106283h0001 (Y.N.)), P-PROMOTE (22cm0106283h0002 (Y.N.),
22ama221515h0001 (H.S.)), and PRIME (20gm6010022h0003 (A.F.))
from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED);
the Fusion Oriented Research for disruptive Science and Technology
(FOREST, 23719768 (Y.N.)); Moonshot Research and Development Program (JPMJMS2022-1), and COI-NEXT (JPMJPF2018); the JSPS KAKENHI
(JP19H03639 (A.F.), JP20K22841 (Y.H.), JP20H03659 (H.S.), JP21K19480
(H.S.), and JP21H02902 (Y.N.)); the foundations of Takeda Science (Y.N.),
Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research (Y.N.), Astellas, Daiichi Sankyo of
Life Science (Y.N.); JST SPRING (JPMJSP2110 (M.O.)). We thank Mason
Freeman (Harvard Medical School) for providing CD36-/- mice and
Toshiko Sato for technical assistance. A part of this study was conducted
through the CORE Program of the Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto
University.
Author contributions
M.O. and Y.N. coordinated the project and designed the experiments
with help from K.Mi., M.K., G.Y., Mi.N., K.H., Y.F., M.S., T.Mas., O.A.,
Mu.N., T.Y., Sa.O., Y.H., M.T. and A.F. M.O., K.I. and T.Mar. performed the
experiments with help from A.H., T.K. and K.Kab. N.Ao. analyzed TMA
data with help from Q.H. and A.M-O. N.Ag., T.U., H.K., K.Kaw., M.Y.,
K.Ma., Y.S., T.Mat., K.O., and N.S. provided materials that made the study
possible. M.O. and K.I. performed scRNA-seq with help from N.K.,
M.M.N. and Se.O. M.O., K.I. and Y.N. analyzed the data with help from
Y.M. and A.D. M.O and Y.N. wrote the manuscript with help from A.F.,
M.T-M., J.M. and H.S.
Competing interests
Yuichi Fukunaga is employed by Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. The
remaining authors disclose no conflicts.
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Mayuki Omatsu1, Yuki Nakanishi 1 , Kosuke Iwane1, Naoki Aoyama1, Angeles Duran2, Yu Muta 2,12,
Anxo Martinez-Ordoñez2, Qixiu Han2, Nobukazu Agatsuma1, Kenta Mizukoshi1, Munenori Kawai1, Go Yamakawa1,
Mio Namikawa1, Kensuke Hamada1, Yuichi Fukunaga1,3, Takahiro Utsumi1, Makoto Sono1, Tomonori Masuda 1,
Akitaka Hata4, Osamu Araki1, Munemasa Nagao 1, Takaaki Yoshikawa1, Satoshi Ogawa 1, Yukiko Hiramatsu 1,
Motoyuki Tsuda1, Takahisa Maruno1, Toshiaki Kogame4, Hiroaki Kasashima 5, Nobuyuki Kakiuchi 1,6,
Masahiro M. Nakagawa 7, Kenji Kawada 8, Masakazu Yashiro5, Kiyoshi Maeda5, Yasuyuki Saito 9,
Takashi Matozaki 9,10, Akihisa Fukuda1, Kenji Kabashima 4, Kazutaka Obama8, Seishi Ogawa7, Nader Sheibani
Maria T. Diaz-Meco 2, Jorge Moscat 2 & Hiroshi Seno1
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Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. 2Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA. 3Cancer Research Unit, Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan. 4Department of Dermatology, Kyoto
University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. 5Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan. 6The
Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. 7Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. 9Division of Molecular and Cellular Signaling,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. 10Division of Biosignal Regulation, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. 11Department of Ophthalmology and Visual
Sciences, University of Wisconsin-, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 12Present address: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate
School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
e-mail: yuki@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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