Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis harbor colonic biofilms containing tumorigenic bacteria
Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis harbor colonic biofilms containing tumorigenic bacteria
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Dejea, Christine M. , Fathi, Payam , Craig, John M. , Boleij, Annemarie , Taddese, Rahwa , Geis, Abby L. , Wu, Xinqun , DeStefano Shields, Christina E. , Hechenbleikner, Elizabeth M. , Huso, David L. , Anders, Robert A. , Giardiello, Francis M. , Wick, Elizabeth C. , Wang, Hao , Wu, Shaoguang , Pardoll, Drew M. , Housseau, Franck and Sears, Cynthia L.
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United States: The American Association for the Advancement of Science
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English
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United States: The American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) causes benign polyps along the colon. If left untreated, FAP leads to a high incidence of colon cancer. To understand how polyps influence tumor formation, Dejea
et al.
examined the colonic mucosa of FAP patients. They discovered biofilms containing the carcinogenic versions of the bacterial species
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Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis harbor colonic biofilms containing tumorigenic bacteria
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Author / Creator
Fathi, Payam
Craig, John M.
Boleij, Annemarie
Taddese, Rahwa
Geis, Abby L.
Wu, Xinqun
DeStefano Shields, Christina E.
Hechenbleikner, Elizabeth M.
Huso, David L.
Anders, Robert A.
Giardiello, Francis M.
Wick, Elizabeth C.
Wang, Hao
Wu, Shaoguang
Pardoll, Drew M.
Housseau, Franck
Sears, Cynthia L.
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5881113
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5881113
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0036-8075,1095-9203
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1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.aah3648
