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Difference of lower airway microbiome in bilateral protected specimen brush between lung cancer patients with unilateral lobar masses and control subjects

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Liu, Hai‐Xia, Tao, Li‐Li, Zhang, Jing, Zhu, Ying‐Gang, Zheng, Yu, Liu, Dong, Zhou, Min, Ke, Hui +2 more·2018·International Journal of Cancer

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The functional role of respiratory microbiota has attracted an accumulating attention recently. However, the role of respiratory microbiome in lung carcinogenesis is mostly unknown. Our study aimed to characterize and compare bilateral lower airway microbiome of lung cancer patients with unilateral lobar masses and control subjects. Protected bronchial specimen brushing samples were collected from 24 lung cancer patients with unilateral lobar masses (paired samples from cancerous site and the contralateral noncancerous site) and 18 healthy controls undergoing bronchoscopies and further analyzed by 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. As results, significant decreases in microbial diversity were observed in patients with lung cancer in comparison to the controls, alpha diversity steadily declined from healthy site to noncancerous to cancerous site. Genus Streptococcus was significantly more abundant in cancer cases than the controls, while Staphylococcus was more abundant in the controls. The area under the curve of genus Streptococcus used to predict lung cancer was 0.693 (sensitivity = 87.5%, specificity = 55.6%). The abundance of genus Streptococcus and Neisseria displayed an increasing trend whereas Staphylococcus and Dialister gradually declined from healthy to noncancerous to cancerous site. Collectively, lung cancer‐associated microbiota profile is distinct from that found in healthy controls, and the altered cancer‐associated microbiota is not restricted to tumor tissue. The genus Streptococcus was abundant in lung cancer patients and exhibited moderate classification potential. The gradual microbiota profile shift from healthy site to noncancerous to paired cancerous site suggested a change of the microenvironment associated with the development of lung cancer.

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Authors
Liu, H., Tao, L., Zhang, J., Zhu, Y., Zheng, Y., Liu, D., Zhou, M., Ke, H., Shi, M., & Qu, J.
Affiliations
  • Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, No. 221, West Yan An Road Shanghai 200040 China
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas TX
  • Fudan University (CN)
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
  • Tongji University (CN)
Venue
International Journal of Cancer
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2017-11-08
Volume
142
Issue
4
Pages
769-778
ISSN
  • 0020-7136 (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-0215
OpenAlex
W2765190797
Cited by
235
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 6
FWCI
18.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81401638)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › Periodontics › Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Keywords
lung cancer, protected specimen brush, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Neisseria, Dialister, microbial diversity, lung carcinogenesis, tumor microenvironment, 16S rRNA gene sequencing
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Bronchoscopy, Female, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Middle Aged, Neisseria, Streptococcal Infections, Streptococcus, Case-Control Studies, Neisseriaceae Infections, Microbiota

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