Karen S. Sfanos

Acute inflammatory proteins constitute the organic matrix of prostatic corpora amylacea and calculi in men with prostate cancer.

Human prostate-infiltrating CD8+ T lymphocytes are oligoclonal and PD-1+.

The "infectious" nature of human prostate cancer: a cautionary note.

Identification of replication competent murine gammaretroviruses in commonly used prostate cancer cell lines.

Prostate cancer and inflammation: the evidence.

XMRV and prostate cancer--a 'final' perspective.

Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis of Propionibacterium acnes isolates from radical prostatectomy specimens.

A mouse model of chronic prostatic inflammation using a human prostate cancer-derived isolate of Propionibacterium acnes.

Infection of Xenotransplanted Human Cell Lines by Murine Retroviruses: A Lesson Brought Back to Light by XMRV.

Deciphering the intracellular fate of Propionibacterium acnes in macrophages.

Comparative genomics reveals distinct host-interacting traits of three major human-associated propionibacteria.

Biobanking of derivatives from radical retropubic and robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy tissues as part of the prostate cancer biorepository network.

Draft Genome Sequences of Two Strains of Propionibacterium acnes Isolated from Radical Prostatectomy Specimens.

The role of inflammation in prostate cancer.

Infections and inflammation in prostate cancer.

Bacterial Prostatitis Enhances 2-Amino-1-Methyl-6-Phenylimidazo[4,5-b]Pyridine (PhIP)-Induced Cancer at Multiple Sites.

A Paracrine Role for IL6 in Prostate Cancer Patients: Lack of Production by Primary or Metastatic Tumor Cells.

Low Intratumoral Mast Cells Are Associated With a Higher Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence.

Profiling the Urinary Microbiome in Men with Positive versus Negative Biopsies for Prostate Cancer.

The inflammatory microenvironment and microbiome in prostate cancer development.

Rapid Loss of RNA Detection by In Situ Hybridization in Stored Tissue Blocks and Preservation by Cold Storage of Unstained Slides.

Targeting Toll-like Receptors in Cancer Prevention.

The microbiome in prostate inflammation and prostate cancer.

Association of tumor-infiltrating T-cell density with molecular subtype, racial ancestry and clinical outcomes in prostate cancer.

Compositional differences in gastrointestinal microbiota in prostate cancer patients treated with androgen axis-targeted therapies.

Corpora amylacea in prostatectomy tissue and associations with molecular, histological, and lifestyle factors.

Molecular Pathology of High-Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia: Challenges and Opportunities.

A role for paracrine interleukin-6 signaling in the tumor microenvironment in prostate tumor growth.

The Microbiome and Genitourinary Cancer: A Collaborative Review.

IBD as a risk factor for prostate cancer: what is the link?

If this is true, what does it imply? How end-user antibody validation facilitates insights into biology and disease.

TP53 missense mutation is associated with increased tumor-infiltrating T cells in primary prostate cancer.

A Prospective Study of the Urinary and Gastrointestinal Microbiome in Prepubertal Males.

Inflammation-associated pathologies in a case of prostate schistosomiasis: Implications for a causal role in prostate carcinogenesis.

Lactoferrin CpG Island Hypermethylation and Decoupling of mRNA and Protein Expression in the Early Stages of Prostate Carcinogenesis.

IL8 Expression Is Associated with Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness and Androgen Receptor Loss in Primary and Metastatic Prostate Cancer.

The Potential Effects of Radiation on the Gut-Brain Axis.

Racial Difference in Prostate Cancer Cell Telomere Lengths in Men with Higher Grade Prostate Cancer: A Clue to the Racial Disparity in Prostate Cancer Outcomes.

High Extratumoral Mast Cell Counts Are Associated with a Higher Risk of Adverse Prostate Cancer Outcomes.

Management of Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis.

Prostate carcinogenesis: inflammatory storms.

Differential mast cell phenotypes in benign versus cancer tissues and prostate cancer oncologic outcomes.

Obesity is Associated with Shorter Telomere Length in Prostate Stromal Cells in Men with Aggressive Prostate Cancer.

Why Do Epidemiologic Studies Find an Inverse Association Between Intraprostatic Inflammation and Prostate Cancer: A Possible Role for Colliding Bias?

Feasibility of integrating canine olfaction with chemical and microbial profiling of urine to detect lethal prostate cancer.

The interplay of microbiota and hormone regulation in men with prostate cancer.

GSTP1 positive prostatic adenocarcinomas are more common in Black than White men in the United States.

Oncogenic gene fusions in nonneoplastic precursors as evidence that bacterial infection can initiate prostate cancer.

Pathology Residency Program Special Expertise Tracks Meet the Needs of an Evolving Field.

P2X4 purinergic receptors offer a therapeutic target for aggressive prostate cancer.

Immune cell infiltrates and prognosis in localized prostate cancer.

Examining the Effects of 4He Exposure on the Gut-Brain Axis.

Loss of SELENOF Induces the Transformed Phenotype in Human Immortalized Prostate Epithelial Cells.

Health inequity drives disease biology to create disparities in prostate cancer outcomes.

Castration-mediated IL-8 promotes myeloid infiltration and prostate cancer progression.

Multiplex immunohistochemical phenotyping of T cells in primary prostate cancer.

Association of B7-H3 expression with racial ancestry, immune cell density, and androgen receptor activation in prostate cancer.

Incorporation of Data From Multiple Hypervariable Regions when Analyzing Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing Data.

Modeling Human Prostate Cancer Metastasis in Mice Resection of Subcutaneous Allografts.

P2 purinergic receptor dysregulation in urologic disease.

Composition of gastrointestinal microbiota in association with treatment response in individuals with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer progressing on enzalutamide and initiating treatment with anti-PD-1 (pembrolizumab).

Localization of macrophage subtypes and neutrophils in the prostate tumor microenvironment and their association with prostate cancer racial disparities.

Association of self-identified race and genetic ancestry with the immunogenomic landscape of primary prostate cancer.

Club-like cells in proliferative inflammatory atrophy of the prostate.

Intratumoral Bacteria as Mediators of Cancer Immunotherapy Response.

FASN Gene Methylation is Associated with Fatty Acid Synthase Expression and Clinical-genomic Features of Prostate Cancer.