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Saeed Ahmad

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Saeed Ahmad1 paper · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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An expanded metabolic pathway for androgen production by host-associated bacteria

Taojun Wang, Saeed Ahmad, Angélica Cruz-Lebrón, Sarah E. Ernst, Kelly Yovani Olivos Caicedo, Yoon Jeong, Briawna Binion, Pauline Mbuvi, Debapriya Dutta, Francelys V. Fernández-Materán, Adam M. Breister, Elizabeth Tang, Jae‐Won Lee, Jason D. Kang, Spencer C. Harris, , Jason M. Ridlon

This study identifies a bacterial pathway for androgen production, showing that gut and urinary bacteria can convert androstenedione to epitestosterone and testosterone, which promote prostate cancer growth.

Nature Microbiology · Apr 21, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology