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HOXB8 contributed to oxaliplatin chemo-resistance in colon cancer cells by activating STAT3

LIANLI NI^1,2,#, YUN YU^1,2,#, HAN LIN^1,2, WEISHAN ZHUGE², LU TAO², YIWEI SHEN², RI CUI^2,*, SHAOTANG LI^1,2,*

1 Department of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
2 Cancer and Anticancer Drug Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China

* Corresponding Authors: RI CUI. Email: ; SHAOTANG LI. Email:
# These authors contributed equally to this work