JUN 11, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Intratumor Lactobacillus drives ferroptosis resistance via D-lactate-STAT3 K631 lactylation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Gut Microbes
Mechanistic study in cell lines and mouse xenografts identifying a bacterial metabolite–host signaling axis in ESCC, but lacks clinical efficacy data and human therapeutic validation.
Reported
Sample size (tissue blocks)102
Sample size (ESCC patients)27