2022
TCR gene segment usage and HLA alleles that are associated with cancer survival rates also represent racial disparities
Angelakakis G, Serraneau K, Barker V, Callahan B, Tong W, Zaman S, Huda T, Blanck G. TCR gene segment usage and HLA alleles that are associated with cancer survival rates also represent racial disparities. International Journal Of Immunogenetics 2022, 50: 41-47. PMID: 36585798, DOI: 10.1111/iji.12610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTCR gene segment usageHLA allele combinationsGene segment usageCancer outcomesRacial disparitiesSegment usageHLA allelesCertain HLA allelesCancer survival ratesDistinct survival outcomesSocioeconomic factorsDisease courseSurvival outcomesInfectious disease courseSurvival rateAllele combinationsDifferent racial groupsGenetic polymorphismsPrevious pathogen exposurePathogen exposureOutcomesRacial groupsDisparitiesFactorsCancer
2020
Antiviral T Cell Receptor Complementarity Determining Region-3 Sequences Are Associated with a Worse Cancer Outcome: A Pancancer Analysis
Zaman S, Chobrutskiy BI, Patel JS, Diviney A, Tu YN, Tong WL, Gill T, Blanck G. Antiviral T Cell Receptor Complementarity Determining Region-3 Sequences Are Associated with a Worse Cancer Outcome: A Pancancer Analysis. Viral Immunology 2020, 33: 404-412. PMID: 32315578, DOI: 10.1089/vim.2019.0156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsRegion 3 sequencesSurvival rateTissue-resident T cellsCancer typesImmune receptor recombinationsResident T cellsWorse survival rateHuman papilloma virusWorse cancer outcomesTCGA data setsThymus cancerCancer Genome AtlasViral etiologyCancer outcomesDistinct survival ratesNeck cancerPapilloma virusDifferent cancer typesSolid tumorsTumor samplesExome filesGenome AtlasPancancer AnalysisCancer