2022
Bile acid distributions, sex-specificity, and prognosis in colorectal cancer
Cai Y, Shen X, Lu L, Yan H, Huang H, Gaule P, Muca E, Theriot CM, Rattray Z, Rattray NJW, Lu J, Ahuja N, Zhang Y, Paty PB, Khan SA, Johnson CH. Bile acid distributions, sex-specificity, and prognosis in colorectal cancer. Biology Of Sex Differences 2022, 13: 61. PMID: 36274154, PMCID: PMC9590160, DOI: 10.1186/s13293-022-00473-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft-sided colon tumorsRight-sided colon tumorsColon cancer patientsColorectal cancerTumor locationBile acidsColon tumorsCancer patientsQuantitative immunofluorescencePrimary tumor locationImmune regulatory cellsRecurrence-free survivalBile acid metabolismSecondary bile acidsBile acid distributionBile acid analysisBackgroundBile acidsOverall survivalRegulatory cellsCRC patientsMale patientsPatient sexImmune cellsPatient prognosisImmune response
2021
Immune landscape and prognostic immune-related genes in KRAS-mutant colorectal cancer patients
Liu J, Huang X, Liu H, Wei C, Ru H, Qin H, Lai H, Meng Y, Wu G, Xie W, Mo X, Johnson CH, Zhang Y, Tang W. Immune landscape and prognostic immune-related genes in KRAS-mutant colorectal cancer patients. Journal Of Translational Medicine 2021, 19: 27. PMID: 33413474, PMCID: PMC7789428, DOI: 10.1186/s12967-020-02638-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKRAS mutant CRC patientsTumor-infiltrating immune cellsKRAS wild-type CRC patientsCD4 memory T cellsCRC patientsMemory T cellsColorectal cancerT cellsImmune pathwaysImmune cellsMacrophage M1Hypersensitive C-reactive proteinKRAS-mutant colorectal cancerCases of CRCKRAS mutantPrognostic immune-related genesImmune risk modelColorectal cancer patientsRegulatory T cellsC-reactive proteinTumor immune microenvironmentDistinct clinical outcomesT cell receptorImmune-related genesConclusionsKRAS mutation