Nadim J. Ajami

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicineImmunology and MicrobiologyNeuroscience

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Driven by 45 papers. Top paper: “Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus nivolumab with or without ipilimumab in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 platform NEOSTAR trial”.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus nivolumab with or without ipilimumab in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 platform NEOSTAR trial

Nature Medicine(2023)10.1038/s41591-022-02189-0

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4.1DataRank · unranked

213 citations

Cheuk Hong Leung, Annikka Weissferdt, Apar Pataer, Brett W. Carter, Myrna C. B. Godoy +52 more

Nodal immune flare mimics nodal disease progression following neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-25188-0

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3.1DataRank · unranked

110 citations

Annikka Weissferdt, Myrna C. B. Godoy, William N. William, Cheuk Hong Leung, Heather Lin +23 more

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

Science(2018)10.1126/science.aan4236

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1.3DataRank · unranked

4585 citations

C. N. Spencer, Luigi Nezi, Alexandre Reuben, Miles C. Andrews, Tatiana V. Karpinets +89 more

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

Nature(2018)10.1038/s41586-018-0617-x

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1.1DataRank · unranked

2041 citations

Nadim J. Ajami, Jacqueline L. O’Brien, Diane S. Hutchinson, Daniel P. Smith, Matthew C. Wong +28 more

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

Nature Medicine(2021)10.1038/s41591-021-01406-6

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0.910DataRank · unranked

429 citations

Connie P. M. Duong, Vancheswaran Gopalakrishnan, Valerio Iebba, W. S. Chen, Lisa Derosa +66 more

Tumor-resident Lactobacillus iners confer chemoradiation resistance through lactate-induced metabolic rewiring

Cancer Cell(2023)10.1016/j.ccell.2023.09.012

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0.827DataRank · unranked

247 citations

Molly B. El Alam, Rui Wang, Tatiana V. Karpinets, David Lo, Erica J. Lynn +40 more

Evidence of recombination in coronaviruses implicating pangolin origins of nCoV-2019

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.02.07.939207

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0.808DataRank · unranked

217 citations

Sara Javornik Cregeen, Nadim J. Ajami, Joseph F. Petrosino, Matthew C. Wong

Gut microbiome diversity is an independent predictor of survival in cervical cancer patients receiving chemoradiation

Communications Biology(2021)10.1038/s42003-021-01741-x

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0.736DataRank · unranked

134 citations

Molly B. El Alam, Tatiana V. Karpinets, Stephanie Dorta‐Estremera, Venkatesh L. Hegde, Sita M.K. Nookala +19 more

Third-party fecal microbiota transplantation for high-risk treatment-naïve acute GVHD of the lower GI tract

Blood Advances(2024)10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012556

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0.724DataRank · unranked

23 citations

Ashish Damania, Haesook T. Kim, Chia‐Chi Chang, Areej El‐Jawahri, Steven L. McAfee +20 more

Distinct transcriptomic profiles in children prior to the appearance of type 1 diabetes-linked islet autoantibodies and following enterovirus infection

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-42763-9

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0.657DataRank · unranked

18 citations

Elaheh Moradi, Karoliina Salenius, Suvi Lehtipuro, Tomi Häkkinen, Jutta E. Laiho +17 more

Intestinal toxicity to CTLA-4 blockade driven by IL-6 and myeloid infiltration

The Journal of Experimental Medicine(2022)10.1084/jem.20221333

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0.626DataRank · unranked

64 citations

Yusra B. Medik, Bhakti Patel, Daniel Zamler, Sijie Chen, Thomas Chapman +39 more

Glioma and the gut–brain axis: opportunities and future perspectives

Neuro-Oncology Advances(2022)10.1093/noajnl/vdac054

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0.619DataRank · unranked

61 citations

Jack Nickles, Ana G. Rodriguez-Armendariz, Braden C. McFarland, Nadim J. Ajami, Leomar Y. Ballester +3 more

A randomized, non-comparative phase 2 study of neoadjuvant immune-checkpoint blockade in retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma and extremity/truncal undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma

Nature Cancer(2024)10.1038/s43018-024-00726-z

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0.612DataRank · unranked

58 citations

Elise F. Nassif, Emily Z. Keung, Wei‐Lien Wang, Alexander J. Lazar, Heather Lin +54 more

Gastric microbiota and Helicobacter pylori in Indonesian population

Helicobacter(2020)10.1111/hel.12695

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0.542DataRank · unranked

36 citations

Langgeng Agung Waskito, Hashem B. El‐Serag, Nadim J. Ajami, Iswan Abbas Nusi, Ari Fahrial Syam +9 more

Obesity Is Associated with Altered Tumor Metabolism in Metastatic Melanoma

Clinical Cancer Research(2022)10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-2661

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0.542DataRank · unranked

36 citations

Ashley V. Menk, Dayana B. Rivadeneira, Ryan C. Augustin, Mingchu Xu, Jun Li +47 more

Inflammation Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations Promotes Lung Cancer Development and an Immunosuppressed Tumor Microenvironment

Cancer Immunology Research(2024)10.1158/2326-6066.cir-24-0469

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0.489DataRank · unranked

25 citations

Yuejiang Liu, Fuduan Peng, Sujuan Yang, Mohamed A. Jamal, Manvi Sharma +30 more

Microbial signals in primary and metastatic brain tumors

Nature Medicine(2025)10.1038/s41591-025-03957-4

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0.449DataRank · unranked

19 citations

Ashish Damania, Brenda Melendez, Bharat Singh, Fabiana J. Veguilla, Rebecca Soto +61 more

Gut phageome in Mexican Americans: a population at high risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and diabetes

mSystems(2024)10.1128/msystems.00434-24

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0.388DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Caroline M. Sabotta, Lorenzo R. Cruz, Matthew C. Wong, Nadim J. Ajami, Joseph B. McCormick +3 more

Identification of MicroRNA–mRNA Networks in Melanoma and Their Association with PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade Outcomes

Cancers(2021)10.3390/cancers13215301

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0.385DataRank · unranked

12 citations

Michael G. White, Russell G. Witt, Anik Banerjee, Michael A. Davies, Guangchun Han +18 more

Inflammation induced by tumor-associated nerves promotes resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy in cancer patients and is targetable by IL-6 blockade

Research Square(2023)10.21203/rs.3.rs-3161761/v1

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0.360DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Erez N. Baruch, Priyadahrshini Nagarajan, Frederico O. Gleber‐Netto, Xiayu Rao, Tongxin Xie +34 more

Bacteroides ovatus alleviates dysbiotic microbiota-induced intestinal graft-versus-host disease

Research Square(2023)10.21203/rs.3.rs-2460097/v1

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0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Eiko Hayase, Tomo Hayase, Akash Mukherjee, Stuart C Stinson, Mohamed A. Jamal +35 more

Gut microbiome diversity as an independent predictor of survival in cervical cancer patients receiving chemoradiation.

Journal of Clinical Oncology(2020)10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.6036

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Molly B. El Alam, Tatiana V. Karpinets, Kyoko Yoshida-Court, Greyson Biegert, Mustapha Ahmed-Kaddar +15 more

Investigating Chronic Toxicity, Diet, Patient-Reported Outcomes and the Microbiome in Immunotherapy-Treated Metastatic Melanoma Survivors: A New Frontier

Nutrients(2025)10.3390/nu18010040

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Satabdi Saha, Nazli Dizman, Michelle Rohlfs, Elizabeth Sirmans, J. M. Gardner +17 more

Gut microbiota: a new factor modulating the immunizing potential of viral and cancer vaccines

Research Square(2025)10.21203/rs.3.rs-4294379/v1

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Agathe Carrier, Paolo Manghi, Carolina Alves Costa Silva, Imran Lahmar, Roxanne Birebent +43 more

Metagenomes of rectal swabs in larger, advanced stage cervical cancers have enhanced mucus degrading functionalities and distinct taxonomic structure

BMC Cancer(2022)10.1186/s12885-022-09997-0

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19 citations

Xiaogang Wu, Travis Solley, Molly B. El Alam, Travis T. Sims, Kyoko Yoshida-Court +21 more

Diversity and composition of gut microbiome of cervical cancer patients by 16S rRNA and whole-metagenome sequencing

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.05.05.080002

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1 citations

Tatiana V. Karpinets, Xiaogang Wu, Molly B. El Alam, Travis T. Sims, Kyoko Yoshida-Court +11 more

Diversity and Composition of Gut Microbiome of Cervical Cancer Patients by 16S rRNA and Whole-metagenome Sequencing

Research Square(2020)10.21203/rs.3.rs-78162/v1

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1 citations

Tatiana V. Karpinets, Xiaogang Wu, Molly B. El Alam, Travis T. Sims, Kyoko Yoshida-Court +11 more

HPV-related anal cancer is associated with changes in the anorectal microbiome during cancer development

Frontiers in Immunology(2023)10.3389/fimmu.2023.1051431

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20 citations

Victoria O. Huynh, Daniel Lin, R. Tyler Hillman, Chike O. Abana, Molly B. El Alam +20 more

Adaptive changes in the gut microbiome during standard-of-care chemoradiotherapy for gynecologic cancers

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.04.10.036426

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2 citations

Travis T. Sims, Ramez Kouzy, Greyson Biegert, Joseph Abi Jaoude, Tatiana V. Karpinets +17 more

Outcome of concurrent treatment with a-CTLA4 and metronidazole in murine model of colon adenocarcinoma.

Journal of Clinical Oncology(2021)10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.e14566

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4 citations

Yifan Zhou, Laura M. Kahn, Bhakti Patel, Rachel L. Babcock, Taylor T. Chrisikos +6 more

Gut microbiome diversity is an independent predictor of survival in cervical cancer patients receiving chemoradiation

medRxiv(2020)10.1101/2020.05.18.20105809

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11 citations

Molly B. El Alam, Tatiana V. Karpinets, Stephanie Dorta‐Estremera, Venkatesh L. Hegde, Sita M.K. Nookala +19 more

Bacteroides ovatus alleviates dysbiotic microbiota-induced graft-versus-host disease

Cell Host & Microbe(2024)10.1016/j.chom.2024.08.004

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0DataRank · unranked

34 citations

Tomo Hayase, Akash Mukherjee, Stuart C Stinson, Mohamed A. Jamal, Miriam R. Ortega +50 more

Alterations of the Oral Microbiome and Cumulative Carbapenem Exposure Are Associated With Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Infection in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Receiving Chemotherapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases(2020)10.1093/cid/ciaa778

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32 citations

Pranoti Sahasrabhojane, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Tor Savidge, César A. Arias, Nadim J. Ajami +3 more

Alcohol use alters the colonic mucosa–associated gut microbiota in humans

Nutrition Research(2020)10.1016/j.nutres.2020.09.004

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40 citations

Annie Dai, Nadim J. Ajami, David Y. Graham, Donna L. White, Liang Chen +6 more

Rotavirus infection induces glycan availability to promote ileum-specific changes in the microbiome aiding rotavirus virulence

Gut Microbes(2020)10.1080/19490976.2020.1754714

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82 citations

Lori Banks, Kristen A. Engevik, Alexandra L. Chang‐Graham, Jacob L. Perry, Diane S. Hutchinson +4 more

Tumoral microbial and pathway alterations associated with young-onset rectal cancer and its response to therapy.

Journal of Clinical Oncology(2024)10.1200/jco.2024.42.3_suppl.160

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2 citations

Ashish Damania, Jumanah Alshenaifi, Pranoti Sahasrabhojane, Oliver Peacock, Jillian Losh +9 more

TARO: tree-aggregated factor regression for microbiome data integration

Bioinformatics(2024)10.1093/bioinformatics/btae321

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0 citations

Iqbal Mahmud, Philip L. Lorenzi, Robert R. Jenq, Jennifer A. Wargo, Nadim J. Ajami +2 more

Tumor-infiltrating bacteria disrupt cancer epithelial cell interactions and induce cell-cycle arrest

Cancer Cell(2025)10.1016/j.ccell.2025.09.010

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26 citations

Falk Ponath, Victor A. Ajisafe, Clara R. Becker, Andrew G. Kempchinsky, Martha A. Zepeda‐Rivera +16 more

Dendritic cell–derived hepcidin sequesters iron from the microbiota to promote mucosal healing

Science(2020)10.1126/science.aau6481

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142 citations

Jacques R.R. Mathieu, Cyril Renassia, Lei Zhou, Thomas C. Fung, Keith Conrad Fernandez +16 more

The bacterial microbiome modulates the initiation of brain metastasis by impacting the gut-to-brain axis

iScience(2025)10.1016/j.isci.2025.111874

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8 citations

Michelle Ballabio, Bastien Dolfi, Golnaz Morad, Vladimir Wischnewski, Eleni Lamprou +13 more

TARO: tree-aggregated factor regression for microbiome data integration

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.10.17.562792

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0 citations

Iqbal Mahmud, Philip L. Lorenzi, Robert R. Jenq, Jennifer A. Wargo, Nadim J. Ajami +2 more

Diet-derived metabolites and mucus link the gut microbiome to fever after cytotoxic cancer treatment

Science Translational Medicine(2022)10.1126/scitranslmed.abo3445

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63 citations

Diana H. Wiesnoski, Chia‐Chi Chang, Wen-Bin Tsai, Dung Pham, Saira Ahmed +54 more

Temporal changes in gastrointestinal fungi and the risk of autoimmunity during early childhood: the TEDDY study

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-30686-w

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0DataRank · unranked

62 citations

Christopher J. Stewart, Daniel P. Smith, Eric W. Triplett, Daniel Agardh, William Hagopian +12 more

Pathologic Inflammation in Malnutrition Is Driven by Proinflammatory Intestinal Microbiota, Large Intestine Barrier Dysfunction, and Translocation of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide

Frontiers in Immunology(2022)10.3389/fimmu.2022.846155

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62 citations

E. Yaneth Osorio, Alex G. Peniche, Sara M. Dann, Erika Cordova, Geoffrey A. Preidis +8 more

A prospective study of the adaptive changes in the gut microbiome during standard-of-care chemoradiotherapy for gynecologic cancers

PLoS ONE(2021)10.1371/journal.pone.0247905

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38 citations

Travis T. Sims, Ramez Kouzy, Greyson Biegert, Joseph Abi Jaoude, Tatiana V. Karpinets +17 more