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ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2023

Association of Antibody Responses to Fusobacterium nucleatum and Streptococcus gallolyticus Proteins with Colorectal Adenoma and Colorectal Cancer.

Flavia Genua, Julia Butt, Tim Waterboer, David J Hughes

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Article in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Association of Antibody Responses toPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Flavia GenuaCancer Biology and Therapeutics Laboratory, UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Julia ButtInfections and Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tim WaterboerInfections and Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
David J HughesCancer Biology and Therapeutics Laboratory, UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland. david.hughes@ucd.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3724-7122
German Cancer Research Center · DEUniversity College Dublin · IE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStreptococcus gallolyticus subspecies gallolyticus (SGG) and Fusobacterium (F.) nucleatum have been implicated in colorectal carcinogenesis. Here, the association of immune responses to bacterial exposure with advancing stages of colorectal neoplasia was assessed by multiplex serology.

methodsImmunoglobulin (Ig) A and G antibody responses to eleven proteins each of F. nucleatum and SGG were measured in plasma of controls (n = 100) and patients with colorectal cancer (CRC, n = 25), advanced adenoma (n = 82), or small polyps (n = 85). Multivariable logistic regression was used to evaluate the association of bacterial sero-positivity with colorectal neoplasia. In a cohort subset with matched data (n = 45), F. nucleatum sero-positivity was correlated with bacterial abundance in both neoplastic and matched normal tissue.

resultsIgG sero-positivity to Fn1426 of F. nucleatum was associated with an increased CRC risk (OR = 4.84; 95% CI 1.46-16.0), while IgA sero-positivity to any SGG protein or specifically Gallo0272 and Gallo1675 alone was associated with increased advanced adenoma occurrence (OR = 2.02, 95% CI 1.10-3.71; OR = 2.67, 95% CI 1.10-6.46; and OR = 6.17, 95% CI 1.61-23.5, respectively). Only F. nucleatum abundance in the normal mucosa positively correlated with the IgA response to the Fn1426 antigen (Correlation coefficient (r) = 0.38, p < 0.01).

conclusionAntibody responses to SGG and F. nucleatum were associated with occurrence of colorectal adenomas and CRC, respectively. Further studies are needed to clarify the role these microbes or the immune response to their antigens may have in colorectal carcinogenesis stages.

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AdenomaColorectal NeoplasmsFusobacterium InfectionsAntibody FormationBacteriaCarcinogenesisFusobacterium nucleatumHumansStreptococcus gallolyticusColorectal cancerColorectal neoplasmsFusobacterium nucleatumSerologyStreptococcus gallolyticus

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