2017
Correlations of Abdominal Fat and Colonic Sulfidogenic Bacteria in African Americans and Non‐Hispanic Whites with Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer
Gomez‐Perez S, Yazici C, Wolf P, Braunschweig C, Xicola R, Llor X, Ellis N, Tussing‐Humphreys L, Mutlu E, Gaskins R. Correlations of Abdominal Fat and Colonic Sulfidogenic Bacteria in African Americans and Non‐Hispanic Whites with Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer. The FASEB Journal 2017, 31 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.138.7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbdominal fat distributionNon-Hispanic whitesNational Cancer InstituteColonic mucosaAbdominal fatWaist circumferenceColorectal cancerCancer InstitutePreoperative abdominal computed tomography scansAfrican AmericansAbdominal computed tomography scanIncident colorectal cancerComputed tomography scanGene targetsIncident CRCMean ageFat distributionTomography scanColonic tissueGut microbiotaAbundance of DesulfovibrioL3 vertebraMucosaSignificant correlationCancer
2014
Systemic and tumor level iron regulation in men with colorectal cancer: a case control study
Pusatcioglu CK, Nemeth E, Fantuzzi G, Llor X, Freels S, Tussing-Humphreys L, Cabay RJ, Linzmeier R, Ng D, Clark J, Braunschweig C. Systemic and tumor level iron regulation in men with colorectal cancer: a case control study. Nutrition & Metabolism 2014, 11: 21. PMID: 24872837, PMCID: PMC4037273, DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-11-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDietary iron intakeLow iron statusIron statusSerum hepcidinIron intakeColonic tissueHigher markersNormal rangeIron exposureIron stainingIron accumulationPerls' iron stainingColorectal cancer riskSerum hepcidin concentrationsHealthy control subjectsRole of hepcidinCase-control studyHigher serum hepcidinSystemic iron statusDuodenal iron absorptionFuture clinical studiesCRC subjectsInflammatory markersMedication useCRC cases
2011
Colorectal Cancers with Microsatellite Instability Display Unique miRNA Profiles
Balaguer F, Moreira L, Lozano JJ, Link A, Ramirez G, Shen Y, Cuatrecasas M, Arnold M, Meltzer SJ, Syngal S, Stoffel E, Jover R, Llor X, Castells A, Boland CR, Gironella M, Goel A. Colorectal Cancers with Microsatellite Instability Display Unique miRNA Profiles. Clinical Cancer Research 2011, 17: 6239-6249. PMID: 21844009, PMCID: PMC3186834, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-11-1424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColorectal cancerTypes of MSIMicrosatellite instabilityMiRNA expression profilesUnique miRNA profileCRC tissuesNormal colonic mucosa tissuesSporadic MSI tumorsColonic mucosa tissuesMSS colorectal cancerLynch syndrome tumorsNormal colonic mucosaSporadic microsatellite instabilityMiRNA profilesMSI-positive samplesNormal colonic tissueUnique miRNA expression profilesExpression profilesQuantitative reverse transcriptase PCRReverse transcriptase-PCRDistinct miRNA expression profilesColonic mucosaLynch syndromeColonic tissueColorectal carcinogenesis