Irma Berenice Mulato Briones

Dr. Irma Berenice Mulato Briones

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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 January 2024 in Cancers
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IBIrma Berenice Mulato Briones
Irma Berenice Mulato Briones
IRIsmael Olan Rodriguez-Ildefonso
Ismael Olan Rodriguez-Ildefonso
JJJulián Antonio Jiménez-Tenorio
Julián Antonio Jiménez-Tenorio
PCPatricia Isidra Cauich-Sánchez
Patricia Isidra Cauich-Sánchez
MMMaría del Socorro Méndez-Tovar
María del Socorro Méndez-Tovar
RRRosa María Ribas-Aparicio
Rosa María Ribas-Aparicio
Traditional microbiological methodology is valuable and essential for microbiota composition description and microbe role assignations at different anatomical sites, including cervical and vaginal tissues; that, combined with molecular biology strategies and modern identification approaches, could give a better perspective of the microbiome under different circumstances. This pilot work aimed to describe the differences in microbiota composition in non-cancer women and women with cervical cancer through a culturomics approach combining culture techniques with Vitek mass spectrometry and 16S rDNA sequencing. To determine the possible differences, diverse statistical, diversity, and multivariate analyses were applied; the results indicated a different microbiota composition between non-cancer women and cervical cancer patients. The Firmicutes phylum dominated the non-cancer (NC) group, whereas the cervical cancer (CC) group was characterized by the predominance of Firmicutes and Proteobacteria phyla; there was a depletion of lactic acid bacteria, an increase in the diversity of anaerobes, and opportunistic and non-typical human microbiota isolates were present. In this context, we hypothesize and propose a model in which microbial composition and dynamics may be essential for maintaining the balance in the cervical microenvironment or can be pro-oncogenesis microenvironmental mediators in a process called Ying-Yang or have a protagonist/antagonist microbiota role.