Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serology assays reveals a range of test performance

…, J Chan, DD Acenas, J Lee, TA Macrae, TS Kyaw… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
… refers to the positivity threshold (score greater than or equal to 1) used in this study. The
upper, light gray line refers to an alternative positivity threshold (score greater than or equal to 2) …

[HTML][HTML] Test performance evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serological assays

…, DD Acenas, J Lee, TA Macrae, TS Kyaw… - Nature …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Appropriate use and interpretation of serological tests for assessments of SARS-CoV-2
exposure, infection and potential immunity require accurate assay performance data. We …

Host and gut bacteria share metabolic pathways for anti-cancer drug metabolism

P Spanogiannopoulos, TS Kyaw, BGH Guthrie… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pharmaceuticals have extensive reciprocal interactions with the microbiome, but whether
bacterial drug sensitivity and metabolism is driven by pathways conserved in host cells …

[PDF][PDF] A genomic toolkit for the mechanistic dissection of intractable human gut bacteria

…, KN Lam, GE Kenney, EN Bess, HJ Haiser, TS Kyaw… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
Despite the remarkable microbial diversity found within humans, our ability to link genes to
phenotypes is based upon a handful of model microorganisms. We report a comparative …

Colwellia marinimaniae sp. nov., a hyperpiezophilic species isolated from an amphipod within the Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench

M Kusube, TS Kyaw, K Tanikawa… - … of systematic and …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
An obligately piezophilic strain was isolated from an amphipod crustacean obtained in the
Challenger Deep region of the Mariana Trench during the DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition…

Distinctive gene and protein characteristics of extremely piezophilic Colwellia

LM Peoples, TS Kyaw, JA Ugalde, KK Mullane… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
… TT2012 was isolated from sediments rather than amphipods. … more basic proteins than their
piezosensitive counterparts. … also have more basic proteomes than free-living species [59], …

[HTML][HTML] Variety of fruit and vegetables and alcohol intake are associated with gut microbial species and gene abundance in colorectal cancer survivors

TS Kyaw, V Upadhyay, I Tolstykh, K Van Loon… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Than S. Kyaw 1 , Vaibhav Upadhyay 1 2 , Irina Tolstykh
3 , Katherine Van Loon 2 4 , Angela Laffan 4 , Dalila Stanfield 4 , Daryll Gempis 1 , Stacey A. …

[HTML][HTML] Tiny gatekeepers: microbial control of host drug transporters

TS Kyaw, PJ Turnbaugh - Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Understanding interindividual variations in drug metabolism and disposition is critical to
reduce patient morbidity and mortality. The microbiome contributes to such variations in part …

Associations between the Gut Microbiota, Race, and Ethnicity of Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Pilot and Feasibility Study

S Piawah, TS Kyaw, K Trepka, AL Stewart, RV Mora… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The trillions of microorganisms found in the human gut have broad impacts
on health and disease including altering the risk of colorectal cancer. Given the emerging …

Human gut Actinobacteria boost drug absorption by secreting P-glycoprotein ATPase inhibitors

TS Kyaw, M Sandy, K Trepka, JJN Goh, K Yu… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Drug efflux transporters are a major determinant of drug efficacy and toxicity. A canonical
example is P-glycoprotein (P-gp), an efflux transporter that controls the intestinal absorption of …