[PDF][PDF] Microbes, microbiota, and colon cancer

CL Sears, WS Garrett - Cell host & microbe, 2014 - cell.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) presents a considerable disease burden worldwide. The human
colon is also an anatomical location with the largest number of microbes. It is natural …

[HTML][HTML] Next-generation sequencing: insights to advance clinical investigations of the microbiome

CR Wensel, JL Pluznick, SL Salzberg… - The Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has advanced our understanding of the
human microbiome by allowing for the discovery and characterization of unculturable …

Enteric bacterial toxins: mechanisms of action and linkage to intestinal secretion

CL Sears, JB Kaper - Microbiological reviews, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria that colonize the intestine, invade intestinal epithelial cells, and/or produce one or
more toxins are important etiologies of diarrheal disease in both industrialized and …

A human colonic commensal promotes colon tumorigenesis via activation of T helper type 17 T cell responses

S Wu, KJ Rhee, E Albesiano, S Rabizadeh, X Wu… - Nature medicine, 2009 - nature.com
The intestinal flora may promote colon tumor formation. Here we explore immunologic
mechanisms of colonic carcinogenesis by a human colonic bacterium, enterotoxigenic …

The vigorous immune microenvironment of microsatellite instable colon cancer is balanced by multiple counter-inhibitory checkpoints

NJ Llosa, M Cruise, A Tam, EC Wicks… - Cancer discovery, 2015 - AACR
We examined the immune microenvironment of primary colorectal cancer using
immunohistochemistry, laser capture microdissection/qRT-PCR, flow cytometry, and …

[PDF][PDF] Tumor microbiome diversity and composition influence pancreatic cancer outcomes

E Riquelme, Y Zhang, L Zhang, M Montiel, M Zoltan… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Most patients diagnosed with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) survive less
than 5 years, but a minor subset survives longer. Here, we dissect the role of the tumor …

Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis harbor colonic biofilms containing tumorigenic bacteria

CM Dejea, P Fathi, JM Craig, A Boleij, R Taddese… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Individuals with sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) frequently harbor abnormalities in the
composition of the gut microbiome; however, the microbiota associated with precancerous …

Microbiota organization is a distinct feature of proximal colorectal cancers

CM Dejea, EC Wick… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Environmental factors clearly affect colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence, but the mechanisms
through which these factors function are unknown. One prime candidate is an altered …

Polyamine catabolism contributes to enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis-induced colon tumorigenesis

AC Goodwin, CED Shields, S Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
It is estimated that the etiology of 20–30% of epithelial cancers is directly associated with
inflammation, although the direct molecular events linking inflammation and carcinogenesis …

A dynamic partnership: celebrating our gut flora

CL Sears - Anaerobe, 2005 - Elsevier
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