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Dexmedetomidine inhibits the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, regulates ferroptosis in bladder cancer cells and the tumor immune microenvironment, and suppresses tumorigenesis in a mouse bladder cancer model

Zhi Wang
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Weina Bai
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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Inner Mongolia Baogang Hospital, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, 014010, People’s Republic of China
Cent Eur J Immunol 2025; 50 (4)
Online publish date: 2025/10/20
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