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. 2019 Nov 19;50:224–237. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.11.011

Fig. 9.

Fig. 9

Graphical abstract of this study. The colorectum of most patients with alcohol-related CRC is exposed to a high circulating level of ethanol after drinking, and CRC cells exhibit an extremely impaired ethanol metabolism. Ethanol itself enhances the migration/invasion of CRC by promoting EMT via the TGF-β/RUNX3/Snail axis. PFD might be a novel therapeutic strategy for the management of CRC by targeting TGF-β signalling.