2023
Bacterial 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
2022
Chemical 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
2019
Potential MMP2-mediated availability of HLA binding, mutant ECM peptides reflects better melanoma survival rates and greater T-cell infiltrates
Zaman S, Chobrutskiy BI, Patel JS, Callahan BM, Mihyu MM, Diviney A, Blanck G. Potential MMP2-mediated availability of HLA binding, mutant ECM peptides reflects better melanoma survival rates and greater T-cell infiltrates. Laboratory Investigation 2019, 99: 1287-1295. PMID: 31019293, DOI: 10.1038/s41374-019-0248-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutant amino acidsAmino acidsStructural proteinsExtracellular matrix structural proteinsMatrix metalloproteinase-2Cancer progressionLate-stage cancer developmentMutant peptidesECM structural proteinsMatrix structural proteinsBioinformatics approachProtein mutantsProtease functionECM peptidesSuch proteasesMutantsPotential substratesCancer developmentProteaseMelanoma samplesProteinSpread of cancerTumor samplesMetalloproteinase-2Cancer microenvironment
2018
MMP7 sensitivity of mutant ECM proteins: An indicator of melanoma survival rates and T-cell infiltration
Zaman S, Chobrutskiy BI, Patel JS, Callahan BM, Tong WL, Mihyu MM, Blanck G. MMP7 sensitivity of mutant ECM proteins: An indicator of melanoma survival rates and T-cell infiltration. Clinical Biochemistry 2018, 63: 85-91. PMID: 30414845, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutant amino acidsT-cell infiltratesT cell infiltrationMelanoma survival ratesDistinct survival outcomesCancer Genome AtlasSurvival outcomesWorse outcomesImmune activitySurvival rateMelanoma specimensMelanomaGenome AtlasPatientsAmino acidsOverall mutationsDetection of melanomaOutcomesOnly decrease