Association of Fusobacterium nucleatum infection with colorectal cancer in Kazakhstani patients
Gulmira Kulmambetova, Botakoz Kurentay, Alua Gusmaulemova, Talgat Utupov, Dana Auganova, Pavel Tarlykov, Meiram Mamlin, Saule Khamzina, Sanzhar Shalekenov, Arman Kozhakhmetov · 2024
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Description
Gulmira Kulmambetova and co-authors hunt a suspect bacterium in the tumors of Kazakhstani bowel cancer patients. Fusobacterium nucleatum, a mouth-dwelling anaerobe, keeps turning up in colorectal cancer tissue worldwide. The team sampled tumor and matched healthy tissue from two hundred forty-nine patients and counted four cancer-linked bacteria by targeted DNA tests.
The fusobacterium appeared in about forty-three percent of tumors against a quarter of healthy samples, a clear enrichment. Its abundance tracked tumor size, tumor location, and how much processed meat the patient ate. Two companion species also leaned toward tumor tissue and toward meat-heavy diets. The authors propose the bacterium as a possible diagnostic marker for this population.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gulmira Kulmambetova, Botakoz Kurentay, Alua Gusmaulemova, Talgat Utupov, Dana Auganova, Pavel Tarlykov, Meiram Mamlin, Saule Khamzina, Sanzhar Shalekenov, Arman Kozhakhmetov |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |