Adrian Freire

Dr. Adrian Freire

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

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

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SPSonia Perez
Sonia Perez
MCManuel Carballo-Quinta
Manuel Carballo-Quinta
Nahir Rodriguez-CostasNahir Rodriguez-Costas
Nahir Rodriguez-Costas
AFAdrian Freire
Adrian Freire
CDCarlos Davina-Nunez
Carlos Davina-Nunez
EDElena Lopez Diez
Elena Lopez Diez
Metastatic prostate cancer (MPCa) remains an aggressive disease despite the introduction of androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs), and biomarkers predicting progression are still lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate gut microbiota (GM) composition and functional potential associated with advanced disease and progression under ARPI therapy. The GM of 15 patients with metastatic PCa receiving ARPIs, including 5 patients with disease progression, was compared with that of 39 patients with untreated (UT) PCa using shallow shotgun metagenomic sequencing. The metastatic PCa cohort receiving ADT plus ARPI therapy showed reduced microbial alpha diversity and significant taxonomic and functional differences compared with the untreated, clinically localized PCa reference cohort. In patients with advanced disease, microbial functions related to dietary carbohydrate utilization, fermentation, epithelial interaction, and microbial structural maintenance were predominantly underrepresented, whereas stress-responsive and redox-associated functions were overrepresented. These alterations may reflect reduced metabolic and ecological versatility alongside increased adaptation to host-associated stress conditions. Compared with the UT group, in patients with progression we found that Bifidobacterium longum, Anaerobutyricum hallii, Ruminococcus sp., and Blautia obeum (LinDA coefficients 5.7, 2.6, 2.6 and 2.4, respectively) were enriched, whereas Sutterella wadsworthensis, Butyricimonas, Bilophila wadsworthia, Alistipes indistinctus, and Intestinimonas were depleted (LinDA coefficients −8.4, −5.9, −5, −5 and −3, respectively). Together, these findings identify distinct taxonomic and functional features associated with metastatic PCa under systemic therapy and microbial features observed in patients experiencing progression during ARPI treatment, providing potential candidates for biomarker development and generating testable hypotheses regarding microbiome–host metabolic interactions in treatment resistance. The GM may therefore represent a potential source of biomarkers for advanced PCa and progression under ARPI therapy, although longitudinal and multi-omics studies are required to determine their predictive value and functional relevance.

3 March 2025 in International Urology and Nephrology
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JJJuan Francisco Sánchez García Juanfra
Juan Francisco Sánchez García Juanfra
AFAdrian Freire
Adrian Freire
MPMarco Vinicio Benavides Pineda
Marco Vinicio Benavides Pineda
MJMarta Castro Jul
Marta Castro Jul
MIMaximo Castro Iglesias
Maximo Castro Iglesias
MLMaria-Fernanda Lorenzo-Gomez
Maria-Fernanda Lorenzo-Gomez