Gut microbiota dysbiosis impairs TGF-β/Smad4 signaling to drive postoperative metastasis in colorectal cancer.

Front Microbiol · 2025 · PMC12747669 · PMID 41472816

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A trend toward reduced Smad4 protein expression was observed in the FMT-M group when contrasted with the FMT-H group, although this difference did not reach statistical significance ( Figures 7C , E ; p = 0.056).

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