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ArticleGastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench2019

The effect of intestinal microbiota metabolites on HT29 cell line using MTT method in patients with colorectal cancer.

Somayeh Jahani-Sherafat, Masoumeh Azimirad, Hajieh Ghasemian-Safaei, Hadi Ahmadi Amoli, Sharareh Moghim, Ghazal Sherkat, Mohammad Reza Zali

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Article in Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Somayeh Jahani-SherafatFoodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Masoumeh AzimiradFoodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hajieh Ghasemian-SafaeiDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Hadi Ahmadi AmoliSina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sharareh MoghimDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Ghazal SherkatStudent Research Committee, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran.
Mohammad Reza ZaliGastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRIslamic Azad University, Mashhad · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of intestinal microbiota metabolites in colorectal cancer patients on HT29 cell line using MTT assay.

backgroundColorectal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors. Human guts harbor abundant microbes that adjust many aspects of the host physiology. Increasing studies suggest that gut microbiota play a significant role in the incidence and expansion of CRC, as a result of virulence factors, bacterial metabolites, or inflammatory pathways.

methodsIn this cross-sectional study, 60 biopsy samples including 30 cancerous and 30 adjacent healthy tissues were collected from patients with CRC during 2017. Biopsy samples were first cultured on Thioglycollate broth medium for 24hr after which the microbiota metabolites were filtered and stored at -20 C° for further evaluation. HT29 cells were treated by microbiota metabolites at different times (3, 6, 12, 18h) and its viability was assessed by MTT assay.

resultsThe cells treated with microbiota metabolites showed increased viability and proliferation in time-dependent analysis by MTT assay, but there was not significant differences between the two groups.

conclusionIt seems that microbial metabolites are able to induce proliferation and increase cell viability and thus induce colorectal cancer.

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Cell lineColorectal cancerMetabolitesMTT

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