Featured publications

• Heterogeneity, crosstalk, and targeting of cancer-associated fibroblasts in cholangiocarcinoma

  Vila, Paula Cantallops; Ravichandra, Aashreya; Lizaso, Alona Agirre; Perugorria, Maria J; Affo, Silvia;

  Reference:

  Hepatology 2024.

• Fibroblasts in liver cancer: functions and therapeutic translation

  Affo, Silvia; Filliol, Aveline; Gores, Gregory J; Schwabe, Robert F;

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  Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2023.

• Cholangiocarcinoma - novel biological insights and therapeutic strategies

  Ilyas, SI; Affo, S; Goyal, L; Lamarca, A; Sapisochin, G;

  Yang, JD; Gores, GJ.

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  Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2023.

• Opposing roles of hepatic stellate cell subpopulations in hepatocarcinogenesis

  Filliol, A; Saito, Y; Nair, A; Dapito, DH; Yu, LX;

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  Zucman-Rossi, J; Karin, M; Henderson, NC; Tabas, I; Schwabe, RF.

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  Reference:

  Nature 2022.

• Cancer-associated fibroblasts in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression and therapeutic resistance

  Ravichandra, Aashreya; Bhattacharjee, Sonakshi; Affo, Silvia;

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  Advances In Cancer Research 2022.

• The purinergic P2Y14 receptor links hepatocyte death to hepatic stellate cell activation and fibrogenesis in the liver

  Mederacke, I; Filliol, A; Affo, S; Nair, A; Hernandez, C;

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  Rothlin, C; Baehre, H; Tabas, I; Sancho-Bru, P; Schwabe, RF.

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  Reference:

  Science Translational Medicine 2022.

• Promotion of cholangiocarcinoma growth by diverse cancer-associated fibroblast subpopulations

  Affo, Silvia; Nair, Ajay; Brundu, Francesco; Ravichandra, Aashreya; Bhattacharjee, Sonakshi;

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  Seki, Ekihiro; Sia, Daniela; Chen, Xin; Califano, Andrea; Schwabe, Robert F.

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  Reference:

  Cancer Cell 2021.

• The Role of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts and Fibrosisin Liver Cancer

  Affo, Silvia; Yu, Le-Xing; Schwabe, Robert F;

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  Annual Review Of Pathology-Mechanisms Of Disease 2017.