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Overview

Nadim J. Ajami is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research concentrates primarily on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with notable emphasis on oncology and molecular biology subfields.

The scientist's work addresses topics such as gut microbiota and health, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, colorectal cancer screening and detection, cancer research and treatments, cancer, stress, anesthesia, and immune response, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Frequent publication venues for Nadim J. Ajami include Cancer Research, Journal of Clinical Oncology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts, and the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

The scientist has published significant papers including:

  • Fecal microbiota transplant promotes response in immunotherapy-refractory melanoma patients, 2020, Science
  • Dietary fiber and probiotics influence the gut microbiome and melanoma immunotherapy response, 2021, Science
  • Neoadjuvant nivolumab or nivolumab plus ipilimumab in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 randomized NEOSTAR trial, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Gut microbiota signatures are associated with toxicity to combined CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Evidence of recombination in coronaviruses implicating pangolin origins of nCoV-2019, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent co-authors comprise Jennifer A. Wargo, Ashish Damania, Matthew C. Wong, Joseph F. Petrosino, and Lauren E. Colbert.

Best Publications

  • Gut microbiome modulates response to anti–PD-1 immunotherapy in melanoma patients

    V. Gopalakrishnan;V. Gopalakrishnan;C. N. Spencer;C. N. Spencer;L. Nezi;A. Reuben

  • Multi-omics of the gut microbial ecosystem in inflammatory bowel diseases.

    Jason Lloyd-Price;Jason Lloyd-Price;Cesar Arze;Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan;Melanie Schirmer;Melanie Schirmer

  • Temporal development of the gut microbiome in early childhood from the TEDDY study

    Christopher J. Stewart;Christopher J. Stewart;Nadim J. Ajami;Jacqueline L. O’Brien;Diane S. Hutchinson

  • Tumor Microbiome Diversity and Composition Influence Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes

    Erick Riquelme;Erick Riquelme;Yu Zhang;Liangliang Zhang;Maria Montiel

  • Fecal microbiota transplant promotes response in immunotherapy-refractory melanoma patients

    Erez N. Baruch;Erez N. Baruch;Ilan Youngster;Guy Ben-Betzalel;Rona Ortenberg

  • Microbial Reconstitution Reverses Maternal Diet-Induced Social and Synaptic Deficits in Offspring

    Shelly A. Buffington;Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco;Thomas A. Auchtung;Nadim J. Ajami

  • Dietary fiber and probiotics influence the gut microbiome and melanoma immunotherapy response

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  • The gut mycobiome of the Human Microbiome Project healthy cohort

    Andrea K. Nash;Thomas A. Auchtung;Matthew C. Wong;Daniel P. Smith

  • Wild Mouse Gut Microbiota Promotes Host Fitness and Improves Disease Resistance.

    Stephan P. Rosshart;Brian G. Vassallo;Davide Angeletti;Diane S. Hutchinson

  • The human gut microbiome in early-onset type 1 diabetes from the TEDDY study

    Tommi Vatanen;Eric A. Franzosa;Eric A. Franzosa;Randall Schwager;Surya Tripathi

  • Neoadjuvant nivolumab or nivolumab plus ipilimumab in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 randomized NEOSTAR trial.

    Tina Cascone;William N. William;Annikka Weissferdt;Cheuk H. Leung

  • Expansion of bacteriophages is linked to aggravated intestinal inflammation and colitis

    Lasha Gogokhia;Lasha Gogokhia;Kate Buhrke;Rickesha Bell;Brenden Hoffman

  • Age-related changes in the gut microbiota influence systemic inflammation and stroke outcome.

    Monica S. Spychala;Venugopal Reddy Venna;Michal Jandzinski;Sarah J. Doran

  • Gut microbiota signatures are associated with toxicity to combined CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade.

    Miles C. Andrews;Miles C. Andrews;Miles C. Andrews;Connie P.M. Duong;Connie P.M. Duong;Connie P.M. Duong;Vancheswaran Gopalakrishnan;Valerio Iebba;Valerio Iebba

  • Alterations in the gut microbiota can elicit hypertension in rats

    Sareema Adnan;James W. Nelson;Nadim J. Ajami;Venugopal R. Venna

  • Microbiota-derived acetate protects against respiratory syncytial virus infection through a GPR43-type 1 interferon response

    Krist Helen Antunes;José Luís Fachi;Rosemeire de Paula;Emanuelle Fraga da Silva

  • Gut Microbiome Associates With Lifetime Cardiovascular Disease Risk Profile Among Bogalusa Heart Study Participants

    Tanika N. Kelly;Lydia A. Bazzano;Nadim J. Ajami;Hua He

  • Altered Mucosal Microbiome Diversity and Disease Severity in Sjögren Syndrome

    Cintia S. de Paiva;Dan B. Jones;Michael E. Stern;Fang Bian

  • Role of the Gut Microbiome in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Induced Hypertension.

    David J. Durgan;Bhanu P. Ganesh;Julia L. Cope;Nadim J. Ajami

  • IgA-coated E. coli enriched in Crohn’s disease spondyloarthritis promote TH17-dependent inflammation

    Monica Viladomiu;Charles Kivolowitz;Ahmed Abdulhamid;Belgin Dogan

  • Fecal microbiota imbalance in Mexican children with type 1 diabetes

    María Esther Mejía-León;Joseph F. Petrosino;Nadim Jose Ajami;María Gloria Domínguez-Bello

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph F. Petrosino
Joseph F. Petrosino Baylor College of Medicine
Jennifer A. Wargo
Jennifer A. Wargo The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Herbert L. DuPont
Herbert L. DuPont The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Hashem B. El-Serag
Hashem B. El-Serag Baylor College of Medicine
Zhi-Dong Jiang
Zhi-Dong Jiang The University of Texas at Austin
Carlos A. Camargo
Carlos A. Camargo Harvard University
Robert L. Atmar
Robert L. Atmar Baylor College of Medicine
Robert R. Jenq
Robert R. Jenq The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Pablo C. Okhuysen
Pablo C. Okhuysen The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
David Y. Graham
David Y. Graham Baylor College of Medicine

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