articleGutSep 25, 2015BRONZE OA

Metagenomic analysis of faecal microbiome as a tool towards targeted non-invasive biomarkers for colorectal cancer

BGI Group (China) · University of Copenhagen · +10 more institutions

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Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the potential for diagnosing colorectal cancer (CRC) from faecal metagenomes.

Design

We performed metagenome-wide association studies on faecal samples from 74 patients with CRC and 54 controls from China, and validated the results in 16 patients and 24 controls from Denmark. We further validated the biomarkers in two published cohorts from France and Austria. Finally, we employed targeted quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays to evaluate diagnostic potential of selected biomarkers in an independent Chinese cohort of 47 patients and 109 controls.

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Keywords
  • Metagenomics
  • Microbiome
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Medicine
  • Cancer
  • Gut microbiome
  • Computational biology
  • Biology
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