Integrated single-cell and bulk transcriptomic analyses reveal a stem-like epithelial subpopulation in adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction and identify VASN as a novel regulator of tumor stemness.

Front Immunol · 2026 · PMC13212525 · PMID 42212140

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.065so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

a decreasing trendno p-value reported

CD8+ T cell infiltration showed a decreasing trend in the VASN−high group, although this did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.065) ( Figure 9J ).

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