2023
Specific Intratumor Bacteria Genera and TRG Recombinations Associated with Greater Survival Probability in Alimentary Tract Cancers
Zaman S, Chobrutskiy B, Quach J, Blanck G. Specific Intratumor Bacteria Genera and TRG Recombinations Associated with Greater Survival Probability in Alimentary Tract Cancers. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Cancer 2023, 54: 1300-1307. PMID: 37103748, DOI: 10.1007/s12029-023-00935-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT-cell infiltratesStomach adenocarcinomaGamma delta T cellsCox proportional hazards modelAlimentary tract cancersTumor immune milieuProportional hazards modelPrimary tumor samplesImmune milieuOS probabilityCancer Genome AtlasCell infiltrateTract cancerPatient survivalEsophageal cancerPrimary tumorCancer DatabaseT cellsHazards modelTumor samplesExome filesAlimentary tractGenome AtlasBacterial infiltrationInfiltratesBacterial Sequencing Reads in Blood Exome Files from Melanoma and Cervical Cancer Patients are Associated with Cancer Recurrence
Quach J, Diaz M, Huda T, Kinskey J, Zaman S, Desantis J, Cios K, Blanck G. Bacterial Sequencing Reads in Blood Exome Files from Melanoma and Cervical Cancer Patients are Associated with Cancer Recurrence. Molecular Biotechnology 2023, 65: 1476-1484. PMID: 36653589, DOI: 10.1007/s12033-023-00663-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical cancer casesCervical cancer patientsCancer patientsExome filesCancer recurrenceCancer casesDisease-free survival probabilityImmunocompromised Cancer PatientsOverall survival resultsCancer clinical outcomesBacterial blood infectionsLower DFSClinical outcomesCervical cancerPrimary tumorSurvival resultsMelanoma casesBlood infectionSolid tumorsGreater riskPatientsBacteroides fragilisBloodPresence of bacteriaBacteroides species
2018
Recovery of T-cell receptor V(D)J recombination reads from lower grade glioma exome files correlates with reduced survival and advanced cancer grade
Chobrutskiy BI, Zaman S, Tong WL, Diviney A, Blanck G. Recovery of T-cell receptor V(D)J recombination reads from lower grade glioma exome files correlates with reduced survival and advanced cancer grade. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2018, 140: 697-704. PMID: 30382482, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-018-03001-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-grade gliomasT cell receptorCancer gradeImmune systemExome filesT-cell biomarkersDisease-free survivalT lymphocyte infiltrationPrimary tumor siteLGG survivalLymphocyte infiltrationCancer survivalPrimary tumorPancreatic cancerDisease progressionUseful biomarkerB cellsGrade gliomasSurvival rateTumor siteReduced survivalSurvivalSuch associationsBiomarkersReceptors