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ArticleNPJ biofilms and microbiomes2025

Navigating complexities of polymorphic microbiomes in endometrial cancer.

Nicole R Jimenez, Chloe R Herman, Paweł Łaniewski, Emily Cope, Keehoon Lee, Nichole D Mahnert, Dana M Chase, J Gregory Caporaso, Melissa M Herbst-Kralovetz

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Article in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Nicole R JimenezDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine-Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-0022
Chloe R HermanCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
Paweł ŁaniewskiDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine-Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Emily CopeCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
Keehoon LeeTranslational Genomics Research Institute, part of City of Hope, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
Nichole D MahnertDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine-Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Dana M ChaseDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Gregory CaporasoCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA. greg.caporaso@nau.edu.
Melissa M Herbst-KralovetzDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine-Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA. mherbst1@arizona.edu.

Funding

Advanced Development of Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)U24CA248454 · NCI · NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY · PI CAPORASO, JAMES GREGORY · 2020 to 2024
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS U24 CA248454
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microbiome is key to understanding endometrial cancer (EC) etiology and prevention strategies, implicated in the regulation of estrogen in estrogen-driven cancers. Utilizing robust methodologies in the QIIME 2 platform, we examined 16S rRNA vaginal and rectal microbiome data from an EC cohort: 192 women with benign gynecologic conditions, endometrial hyperplasia, or endometrial cancer. Distinct microbial compositions and community networks specific to EC were identified and related to histological grade with adjustments for EC risk factors. Vaginal health-associated Lactobacillus and Limosilactobacillus, and rectal Prevotella and Peptoniphilus, were depleted in EC, while detrimental vaginal Anaerococcus, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Peptoniphilus, and rectal Buttiaxella were enriched. Significant bacterial features were shared between rectal and vaginal sites in EC, such as Prevotella timonensis and Peptoniphilus A. Vaginal Lactobacillus abundance contributed to less feature sharing from the rectum. Putative microbial metabolic analysis identified dysregulation of amino acid, complex carbohydrate, and hormone metabolism amongst patients with EC.

Indexed as

BacteriaEndometrial NeoplasmsMicrobiotaVaginaAgedFemaleHumansMiddle AgedRectumRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Identifiers

PMID40404643
PMCPMC12098703

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