Immune gene diversity and STING1 variants in shaping cancer immunity across different genetic ancestry populations

Xiaowen Hu1, Jie Huang2, Jiao Yuan2

  • 1Center for Women's Health and Reproductive Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

Cell Reports
|January 22, 2026
PubMed

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