Saif Zaman, MD
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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 speciesChemical Complementarity of Breast Cancer Resident, T-Cell Receptor CDR3 Domains and the Cancer Antigen, ARMC3, is Associated With Higher Levels of Survival and Granzyme Expression
Pakasticali N, Chobrutskiy A, Patel D, Hsiang M, Zaman S, Cios K, Blanck G, Chobrutskiy B. Chemical Complementarity of Breast Cancer Resident, T-Cell Receptor CDR3 Domains and the Cancer Antigen, ARMC3, is Associated With Higher Levels of Survival and Granzyme Expression. Cancer Informatics 2023, 22: 11769351231177269. PMID: 37313373, PMCID: PMC10259117, DOI: 10.1177/11769351231177269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer-testis antigensCancer antigensBreast cancer antigensT cell receptorGranzyme expressionImmune biomarkersCancer immunotherapyPatient outcomesGranzyme BCandidate antigensTestis antigensAdaptive immune receptorsAntigenCDR3 domainsImmune receptorsTumor gene expression dataReceptorsSurvivalAntigen bindingRegion 3Integration of itemsHigh levelsImmunotherapyBreast cancer datasetExpression correlation
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 groupsDisparitiesFactorsCancerChemical complementarity between tumor resident, T-cell receptor CDR3s and MAGEA3/6 correlates with increased melanoma survival: Potential relevance to MAGE vaccine auto-reactivity
Eakins R, Chobrutskiy A, Teer J, Patel D, Hsiang M, Huda T, Zaman S, Sexton W, Coppola D, Falasiri S, Blanck G, Chobrutskiy B. Chemical complementarity between tumor resident, T-cell receptor CDR3s and MAGEA3/6 correlates with increased melanoma survival: Potential relevance to MAGE vaccine auto-reactivity. Molecular Immunology 2022, 150: 58-66. PMID: 35987136, DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2022.08.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
High-throughput, sliding-window algorithm for assessing chemical complementarity between immune receptor CDR3 domains and cancer mutant peptides: TRG-PIK3CA interactions and breast cancer
Chobrutskiy BI, Chobrutskiy A, Zaman S, Yeagley M, Huda TI, Blanck G. High-throughput, sliding-window algorithm for assessing chemical complementarity between immune receptor CDR3 domains and cancer mutant peptides: TRG-PIK3CA interactions and breast cancer. Molecular Immunology 2021, 135: 247-253. PMID: 33933816, DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2021.02.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChemical complementarity between immune receptors and cancer mutants, independent of antigen presentation protein binding, is associated with increased survival rates
Hsiang M, Chobrutskiy BI, Diaz M, Huda TI, Creadore S, Zaman S, Cios KJ, Gozlan EC, Blanck G. Chemical complementarity between immune receptors and cancer mutants, independent of antigen presentation protein binding, is associated with increased survival rates. Translational Oncology 2021, 14: 101069. PMID: 33780706, PMCID: PMC8039726, DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2021.101069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchT cell receptor alpha geneAmino acidsT cell receptorChemical complementarityV-J recombinationMutant amino acidsThe Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databaseCancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databaseCancer mutantsBioinformatics approachAlpha geneReceptor alpha geneImmune receptorsComplement genesAtlas databaseMutantsPeptide sequencesSpecific interactionsGenesII bindingLRP2Region 3 sequencesUterine cancerProtein bindingBindingSystemic Adaptive Immune Parameters Associated with Neuroblastoma Outcomes: the Significance of Gamma-Delta T Cells
Gozlan EC, Chobrutskiy BI, Zaman S, Yeagley M, Blanck G. Systemic Adaptive Immune Parameters Associated with Neuroblastoma Outcomes: the Significance of Gamma-Delta T Cells. Journal Of Molecular Neuroscience 2021, 71: 2393-2404. PMID: 33666857, DOI: 10.1007/s12031-021-01813-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGamma delta T cellsImmune receptor recombinationsAdaptive immune responsesT cellsImmune responseLower overall survival rateSet of neuroblastomaSystemic immune stateOverall survival rateAdaptive immune parametersImmunology parametersActive diseaseDevelopment of cancerYounger patientsImmune parametersImmune stateCancer evaluationNeuroblastoma outcomeSurvival rateImmunity developmentYounger ageTumor samplesAntigenic specificityImmune receptorsReceptor geneSpecific HLA alleles, paired with TCR V- and J-gene segment usage, link to distinct multiple myeloma survival rates
Huda TI, Mihyu M, Gozlan EC, Arndt MF, Diaz MJ, Zaman S, Chobrutskiy BI, Blanck G. Specific HLA alleles, paired with TCR V- and J-gene segment usage, link to distinct multiple myeloma survival rates. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2021, 62: 1711-1720. PMID: 33622167, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2021.1885655.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHLA allele combinationsTCR VBlood samplesSurvival rateT cell receptor VOverall survival rateT cell characterizationSpecific HLA allelesLarger patient setsDistinct overall survival ratesSolid tumor typesSurvival distinctionsMM cohortHLA allelesJ-gene segment usageTumor typesPotential associationImmunogenomics studiesHLASegment usagePatient setAllele combinationsTCR recombinationImmunogenetic parametersImmunogenomic dataReconnaissance of tumor immune microenvironment spatial heterogeneity in metastatic renal cell carcinoma and correlation with immunotherapy response
Hajiran A, Chakiryan N, Aydin A, Zemp L, Nguyen J, Laborde J, Chahoud J, Spiess P, Zaman S, Falasiri S, Fournier M, Teer J, Dhillon J, McCarthy S, Moran-Segura C, Katende E, Sexton W, Koomen J, Mulé J, Kim Y, Manley B. Reconnaissance of tumor immune microenvironment spatial heterogeneity in metastatic renal cell carcinoma and correlation with immunotherapy response. Clinical & Experimental Immunology 2021, 204: 96-106. PMID: 33346915, PMCID: PMC7944355, DOI: 10.1111/cei.13567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic clear cell renal cell carcinomaClear cell renal cell carcinomaTumor immune microenvironmentRenal cell carcinomaT-betOverall survivalCell carcinomaMetastatic renal cell carcinomaForkhead box protein 3Improved overall survivalCell renal cell carcinomaCox regression analysisImmune cell distributionT-cell markersPoor overall survivalBox protein 3Tumor-stromal interfaceMetastatic tumor samplesPrecision treatment strategiesTumor-stroma interfaceTumor coreImproved survivalImmune markersImmunotherapy responsePoor outcome
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