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Mitzi Aguilar

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Inflammation is an essential trigger for POLE-driven ultramutated colorectal cancer

Md. Kawsar Mustofa, Mitzi Aguilar, He Zhang, Debanjan Sarkar, Sambit Roy, Manzar Alam, Mohammad Basher, Subhransu Sahoo, Esra A. Akbay, Diego H. Castrillón, Hasan Zaki

This study shows that inflammation triggers POLE-mutant colorectal cancer in mice, revealing inflammation as a key driver and establishing a preclinical model for drug discovery.

bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology