2016
Decreased Anti-Tumor Cytotoxic Immunity among Microsatellite-Stable Colon Cancers from African Americans
Basa R, Davies V, Li X, Murali B, Shah J, Yang B, Li S, Khan M, Tian M, Tejada R, Hassan A, Washington A, Mukherjee B, Carethers J, McGuire K. Decreased Anti-Tumor Cytotoxic Immunity among Microsatellite-Stable Colon Cancers from African Americans. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0156660. PMID: 27310868, PMCID: PMC4911070, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156660.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGranzyme B+ cellsColorectal cancerCytotoxic immunityB+ cellsAnti-tumor cytotoxic T lymphocytesColon cancerMicrosatellite-stable colon cancerCytotoxic T lymphocytesIL-17 expressionWilcoxon rank sum testProtection to patientsAfrican American colorectal cancerRank sum testTwo-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum testCD57+CD8+Invasive borderCytotoxic markersNo significant differenceT lymphocytesColon tumorsDescriptive summary statisticsImmune biomarkersTumor samplesImmune cytotoxicity
2008
Tests for gene‐environment interaction from case‐control data: a novel study of type I error, power and designs
Mukherjee B, Ahn J, Gruber S, Rennert G, Moreno V, Chatterjee N. Tests for gene‐environment interaction from case‐control data: a novel study of type I error, power and designs. Genetic Epidemiology 2008, 32: 615-626. PMID: 18473390, DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene-environment independence assumptionCase-control studyGene-environment interactionsGene-environment associationsCase-onlyCase-control study of colorectal cancerDetection of gene-environment interactionsType I errorGene-environment dependenceStudy of colorectal cancerGene-environment independenceEffect of genetic susceptibilityCase-only methodCase-only estimatorCase-control estimatorsCase-control dataGene-environment effectsCase-control designCase-control methodCase-control analysisGlutathione S-transferase M1Empirical-BayesEpidemiological researchCase-controlColorectal cancer