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ArticleScientific reports2017

Microbial Signatures Associated with Oropharyngeal and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas.

Sagarika Banerjee, Tian Tian, Zhi Wei, Kristen N Peck, Natalie Shih, Ara A Chalian, Bert W O'Malley, Gregory S Weinstein, Michael D Feldman, James Alwine and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association of Microbiome with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of the Metagenomic Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  2. The Human Microbiome in Relation to Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review of Epidemiologic Studies.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sagarika BanerjeeDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and neck surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States of America.
Tian TianDepartment of Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey, 07102, United States of America.
Zhi WeiDepartment of Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey, 07102, United States of America.
Kristen N PeckDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and neck surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States of America.
Natalie ShihDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Ara A ChalianDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and neck surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States of America.
Bert W O'MalleyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and neck surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States of America.
Gregory S WeinsteinDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and neck surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States of America.
Michael D FeldmanDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
James AlwineDepartment of Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States of America.
Erle S RobertsonDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and neck surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States of America. erle@upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · USNew Jersey Institute of Technology · US

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAN CTR SUPPORT GRANTP30CA016520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Robert H. Vonderheide · 1985 to 2026
$222.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016520
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microbiome is fundamentally one of the most unique organs in the human body. Dysbiosis can result in critical inflammatory responses and result in pathogenesis contributing to neoplastic events. We used a pan-pathogen array technology (PathoChip) coupled with next-generation sequencing to establish microbial signatures unique to human oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OCSCC/OPSCC). Signatures for DNA and RNA viruses including oncogenic viruses, gram positive and negative bacteria, fungi and parasites were detected. Cluster and topological analyses identified 2 distinct groups of microbial signatures related to OCSCCs/OPSCCs. Results were validated by probe capture next generation sequencing; the data from which also provided a comprehensive map of integration sites and chromosomal hotspots for micro-organism genomic insertions. Identification of these microbial signatures and their integration sites may provide biomarkers for OCSCC/OPSCC diagnosis and prognosis as well as novel avenues for study of their potential role in OCSCCs/OPSCCs.

Indexed as

MicrobiotaAnimalsBacteriaCarcinoma, Squamous CellComputational BiologyHost-Parasite InteractionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMetagenomeMetagenomicsMouth NeoplasmsMutagenesis, InsertionalOropharyngeal NeoplasmsParasitesReproducibility of Results

Identifiers

PMID28642609
PMCPMC5481414
OpenAlexW2626550929

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