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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2021

Analysis of changes in microbiome compositions related to the prognosis of colorectal cancer patients based on tissue-derived 16S rRNA sequences.

Sukjung Choi, Jongsuk Chung, Mi-La Cho, Donghyun Park, Sun Shim Choi

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sukjung ChoiDivision of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea.
Jongsuk ChungGENINUS Inc., Seoul, 05836, Republic of Korea.
Mi-La ChoDepartment of Medical Life Science, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 06591, Republic of Korea.
Donghyun ParkGENINUS Inc., Seoul, 05836, Republic of Korea.
Sun Shim ChoiDivision of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea. schoi@kangwon.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0001-6289-4220
Kangwon National University · KRCatholic University of Korea · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2018M3C9A6017315National Research Foundation of Korea 2019R1A2C1002350
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundComparing the microbiome compositions obtained under different physiological conditions has frequently been attempted in recent years to understand the functional influence of microbiomes in the occurrence of various human diseases.

methodsIn the present work, we analyzed 102 microbiome datasets containing tumor- and normal tissue-derived microbiomes obtained from a total of 51 Korean colorectal cancer (CRC) patients using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Two types of comparisons were used: 'normal versus (vs.) tumor' comparison and 'recurrent vs. nonrecurrent' comparison, for which the prognosis of patients was retrospectively determined.

resultsAs a result, we observed that in the 'normal vs. tumor' comparison, three phyla, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes, were more abundant in normal tissues, whereas some pathogenic bacteria, including Fusobacterium nucleatum and Bacteroides fragilis, were more abundant in tumor tissues. We also found that bacteria with metabolic pathways related to the production of bacterial motility proteins or bile acid secretion were more enriched in tumor tissues. In addition, the amount of these two pathogenic bacteria was positively correlated with the expression levels of host genes involved in the cell cycle and cell proliferation, confirming the association of microbiomes with tumorigenic pathway genes in the host. Surprisingly, in the 'recurrent vs. nonrecurrent' comparison, we observed that these two pathogenic bacteria were more abundant in the patients without recurrence than in the patients with recurrence. The same conclusion was drawn in the analysis of both normal and tumor-derived microbiomes.

conclusionsTaken together, it seems that understanding the composition of tissue microbiomes is useful for predicting the prognosis of CRC patients.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobiotaHumansPrognosisRetrospective StudiesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16S16S rRNAB. fragilisColorectal cancerF. nucleatumMicrobiome

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PMID34844611
PMCPMC8628381
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