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ArticleCell host & microbe2020

Structure of the Mucosal and Stool Microbiome in Lynch Syndrome.

Yan Yan, David A Drew, Arnold Markowitz, Jason Lloyd-Price, Galeb Abu-Ali, Long H Nguyen, Christina Tran, Daniel C Chung, Katherine K Gilpin, Dana Meixell and 9 more

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Article in Cell host & microbe, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yan YanDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
David A DrewDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Arnold MarkowitzDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jason Lloyd-PriceDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Galeb Abu-AliDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Long H NguyenDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Christina TranDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Daniel C ChungDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Katherine K GilpinDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Dana MeixellDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Melanie ParzialeDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Madeline SchuckDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Zalak PatelDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
James M RichterDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Peter B KelseyDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Wendy S GarrettBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Andrew T ChanDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: achan@mgh.harvard.edu.
Zsofia K StadlerDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: stadlerz@mskcc.org.
Curtis HuttenhowerDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: chuttenh@hsph.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USBroad Institute · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
Training Program in Cancer EpidemiologyT32CA009001 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI A. Heather Eliassen, Meir Stampfer · 1985 to 2026
$17.3M
Gut microbiota and inflammatory monocytes in colorectal cancerR01CA154426 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI GARRETT, WENDY S. · 2011 to 2025
$5.2M
Dietary sulfur, the gut microbiome, and colorectal cancerR01CA202704 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHAN, ANDREW T, GARRETT, WENDY S. · 2016 to 2020
$2.8M
Impact of Aspirin on the Gut Microbiome and Mucosal MicroenvironmentK01DK120742 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DREW, DAVID A · 2020 to 2024
$793k
Cancer Research UK 27140NCI NIH HHS L30 CA209764NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS R01 CA154426NCI NIH HHS R01 CA202704NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009001NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK120742NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota has been associated with colorectal cancer (CRC), but causal alterations preceding CRC have not been elucidated. To prospectively assess microbiome changes prior to colorectal neoplasia, we investigated samples from 100 Lynch syndrome patients using 16S rRNA gene sequencing of colon biopsies, coupled with metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing of feces. Colectomy and CRC history represented the largest effects on microbiome profiles. A subset of Clostridiaceae were depleted in stool corresponding with baseline adenomas, while Desulfovibrio was enriched both in stool and in mucosal biopsies. A classifier leveraging stool metatranscriptomes resulted in modest power to predict interval development of preneoplastic colonic adenoma. Predictive transcripts corresponded with a shift in flagellin contributors and oxidative metabolic microenvironment, potentially factors in local CRC pathogenesis. This suggests that the effectiveness of prospective microbiome monitoring for adenomas may be limited but supports the potential causality of these consistent, early microbial changes in colonic neoplasia.

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AdenomaAdultAgedAged, 80 and overColectomyColonic NeoplasmsColorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary NonpolyposisFecesFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansMaleMetagenomicsMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16Scolorectal cancerhuman microbiomeLynch syndromemetagenomicsmetatranscriptomics

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PMID32240601
PMCPMC7453618
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