Peritoneal ovarian cancer growth in the omentum proceeds independently of mature adipocytes

Authors

• Rachel L Mintz, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Jichang Han, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Emily G Butka, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Alexandre Gallerand, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Shuai Gao, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Ayoung Kim, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Sarah Ning, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Nicole K H Yiew, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Mary Wohltmann, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Galina Fedotova, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Wei Zou, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Nan Zhang, Wistar Institute
• Samantha A Morris, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Bernd H Zinselmeyer, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Gwendalyn J Randolph, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Journal

Nature Communications

Publication Date

8-12-2026

Volume

17

Issue

1

First Page

9673

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1038/s41467-026-76471-x

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Mintz, R.L., Han, J., Butka, E.G. et al. Peritoneal ovarian cancer growth in the omentum proceeds independently of mature adipocytes. Nat Commun 17, 9673 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76471-x This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Recommended Citation

Mintz, Rachel L; Han, Jichang; Butka, Emily G; Gallerand, Alexandre; Gao, Shuai; Kim, Ayoung; Ning, Sarah; Yiew, Nicole K H; Wohltmann, Mary; Fedotova, Galina; Zou, Wei; Zhang, Nan; Morris, Samantha A; Zinselmeyer, Bernd H; and Randolph, Gwendalyn J, "Peritoneal ovarian cancer growth in the omentum proceeds independently of mature adipocytes." Nature Communications. 17, 1. 9673 (2026).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/7650

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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