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

…, X Zhang, MG White, CB Peterson, MC Wong… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Gut bacteria modulate the response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) treatment in cancer,
but the effect of diet and supplements on this interaction is not well studied. We assessed …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal development of the gut microbiome in early childhood from the TEDDY study

…, JL O'Brien, DS Hutchinson, DP Smith, MC Wong… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The development of the microbiome from infancy to childhood is dependent on a range of
factors, with microbial–immune crosstalk during this time thought to be involved in the …

Cannabidiol in patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy: an open-label interventional trial

…, R Flamini, A Wilfong, F Filloux, M Wong… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Almost a third of patients with epilepsy have a treatment-resistant form, which is
associated with severe morbidity and increased mortality. Cannabis-based treatments for …

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

…, MAW Khan, AP Cogdill, MG White, MC Wong… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment with combined immune checkpoint blockade (CICB) targeting CTLA-4 and
PD-1 is associated with clinical benefit across tumor types, but also a high rate of immune-…

ENCODE data in the UCSC Genome Browser: year 5 update

…, K Learned, VM Kirkup, MC Wong… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE), http://encodeproject.org , has completed its
fifth year of scientific collaboration to create a comprehensive catalog of functional elements …

The UCSC Genome Browser database: extensions and updates 2013

…, D Karolchik, RM Kuhn, M Wong… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) Genome Browser ( http://genome.ucsc.edu )
offers online public access to a growing database of genomic sequence and annotations for …

[HTML][HTML] The gut mycobiome of the Human Microbiome Project healthy cohort

AK Nash, TA Auchtung, MC Wong, DP Smith, JR Gesell… - Microbiome, 2017 - Springer
Background Most studies describing the human gut microbiome in healthy and diseased states
have emphasized the bacterial component, but the fungal microbiome (ie, the mycobiome…

The International HIV Dementia Scale: a new rapid screening test for HIV dementia

NC Sacktor, M Wong, N Nakasujja, RL Skolasky… - Aids, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: HIV dementia is an important neurological complication of advanced HIV infection.
The use of a cross-cultural screening test to detect HIV dementia within the international …

Bisphosphonates and other bone agents for breast cancer

B O'Carrigan, MHF Wong, ML Willson… - Cochrane database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Bone is the most common site of metastatic disease associated with breast cancer
(BC). Bisphosphonates inhibit osteoclast‐mediated bone resorption, and novel targeted …

Randomized, dose-ranging safety trial of cannabidiol in Dravet syndrome

O Devinsky, AD Patel, EA Thiele, MH Wong… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To evaluate the safety and preliminary pharmacokinetics of a pharmaceutical
formulation of purified cannabidiol (CBD) in children with Dravet syndrome. Methods Patients …