2021
Kynurenic acid may underlie sex-specific immune responses to COVID-19
Cai Y, Kim DJ, Takahashi T, Broadhurst DI, Yan H, Ma S, Rattray NJW, Casanovas-Massana A, Israelow B, Klein J, Lucas C, Mao T, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Oh JE, Silva J, Wong P, team Y, Ko AI, Khan SA, Iwasaki A, Johnson CH. Kynurenic acid may underlie sex-specific immune responses to COVID-19. Science Signaling 2021, 14: eabf8483. PMID: 34230210, PMCID: PMC8432948, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.abf8483.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKynurenic acidImmune responseClinical outcomesSex-specific immune responsesT cell responsesPoor clinical outcomeCOVID-19 patientsCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19Sex-related differencesMale patientsCytokine abundanceInflammatory cytokinesKynurenine ratioSerum metabolomeDisease 2019Sex-specific linkKynurenine aminotransferaseCell responsesOld malePatientsMalesOutcomesResponseMetabolites
2020
Gene Alterations of N6‐Methyladenosine (m6A) Regulators in Colorectal Cancer: A TCGA Database Study
Zhang Q, Cai Y, Kurbatov V, Khan SA, Lu L, Zhang Y, Johnson CH. Gene Alterations of N6‐Methyladenosine (m6A) Regulators in Colorectal Cancer: A TCGA Database Study. BioMed Research International 2020, 2020: 8826456. PMID: 33415160, PMCID: PMC7769650, DOI: 10.1155/2020/8826456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosineAgedAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOColorectal NeoplasmsDatabases, GeneticDisease-Free SurvivalDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, NeoplasmHumansMaleMultivariate AnalysisMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsRNA Splicing FactorsRNA, MessengerConceptsDisease-free survivalImmune cell infiltrationM6A regulatorsCRC patientsCRC casesCell infiltrationMRNA expressionWorse overall survivalN6-methyladenosine regulatorsMicrosatellite instability statusMessenger RNA expressionCancer Genome AtlasOverall survivalColorectal cancerCRC tissuesDatabase studyImmune functionInstability statusColon tissuesRole of m6AGene alterationsRNA expressionCRCGenome AtlasGenetic mutations
2012
Tumor Endothelial Inflammation Predicts Clinical Outcome in Diverse Human Cancers
Pitroda SP, Zhou T, Sweis RF, Filippo M, Labay E, Beckett MA, Mauceri HJ, Liang H, Darga TE, Perakis S, Khan SA, Sutton HG, Zhang W, Khodarev NN, Garcia JG, Weichselbaum RR. Tumor Endothelial Inflammation Predicts Clinical Outcome in Diverse Human Cancers. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e46104. PMID: 23056240, PMCID: PMC3464251, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedColonic NeoplasmsEndothelial CellsEndothelium, VascularFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGliomaHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsHumansInflammationKaplan-Meier EstimateLung NeoplasmsMaleMiceMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasmsNeovascularization, PathologicOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsEndothelial inflammationEndothelial cellsOverall survivalHuman cancersDiverse human cancersExperimental modelTumor-associated endothelial cellsStromal inflammatory responsePathological prognostic factorsEndothelial-derived factorsPro-inflammatory cytokinesInflammatory gene expressionPathologic tissue specimensUntreated endothelial cellsVascular endothelial cellsMultiple human cancersInflammatory signatureHuman endothelial cellsPrognostic factorsClinical outcomesChronic inflammationInflammatory pathwaysLung cancerTumor necrosisInflammatory response